Puru Tuladhar – Personal Website

My Works

Open-source

• adns-ruby – Ruby-interface to GNU adns library, written in C
• cleanup-aws-access-key – Clean unused AWS access keys, written in Go
• gmail-labels-as-tabs – Chrome extension to organize Gmail inbox, written in Javascript
• ssl-handshake – SSL/TLS handshake latency testing tool, written in Go
• teleport-operator – Kubernetes operator for Teleport, written in Go
• aws-whats-new-bot – Twitter bot for posting AWS news, written in Go
• cfradarnp – Twitter bot for posting Internet trends for Nepal, written in Python, Javascript
• k8s-backup-mongodb – Schedules MongoDB backup to AWS S3 using Kubernetes CronJob

Hobby Projects

• jobpayena.fyi – Tracking tech jobs in Nepal (Kamal, NocoDB)
• certs.discount – Making tech certifications affordable (Kamal, NocoDB)
• himalisamay.com – Official Himali Samay Website - Nepali Brand Watches
• quiz.purutuladhar.com - Free Cloud Certifications Quiz

Books

• Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) Handbook  🆕
• AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate — SAA (C02) — Cheatsheet
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (SAP-C01) — Cheatsheet
• A Beginner's Guide to Using Cursor - The AI Code Editor

Blogs

• Falco: Must-know for CKS exam – Apr 22, 2025
• Why AWS Cloud Map was a better choice for us than Application Load Balancer – Apr 3, 2025
• How to reduce AWS NAT Gateway cost by 80% – Apr 2, 2025
• Ingress "NGINX" Nightmare (CVE-2025-1974) – Are you affected? – Mar 28, 2025
• Cilium Network Policy: What You Need to Know for CKS – Feb 24, 2025
• SBOM: Everything you need to know for CKS exam – Jan 31, 2025
• 3 Reasons Why Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Crash US Stock Market – Jan 29, 2025
• ChatGPT Scheduled Tasks: Your Personal AI Agent – Jan 18, 2025
• Cilium: Everything you need to know for CKS – Jan 16, 2025
• Kubestronaut: Becoming One
• How I Passed KCNA and KCSA in an Hour!
• Kubernetes 1.32 "Penelope" - Custom Resource Field Selector (Stable feature)
• 11th Dec 2024 — OpenAI Outage (ChatGPT) Explained: Kubernetes Clusters on Fire!
• Developers Beware - Rising Web3 Job Scam & HiveApp Malware!
• Learning’s from writing a Kubernetes Operator as a Solution Architect
• Perceptron: Understanding AI
• Avoid using “bloated” Docker Image in Production! — Node.js Study Case
• A Beginner's Guide to Getting Started with Kamal 2
• Growing Concern over Cloud Spending
• If I Got a New Mac, Here’s What I’d Install First as a DevOps Engineer
• How a 2% Failure Turned into a Success: My CKS Exam Experience
• Learn Kubernetes Programming — Part 1
• Getting Started with External Secrets Operator on Kubernetes using AWS Secrets Manager
• Kubernetes: Evenly Distribution of Pods Across Cluster Nodes
• Monitoring & Alerting for WireGuard VPN
• GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner on Kubernetes
• Schedule MongoDB Backup to S3 using Kubernetes CronJob
• Rocket.Chat Desktop: No valid server found at the URL…wait what?!
• Hacktoberfest 2020: My journey as a maintainer
• Linux Commands for Developers
• Email Productivity: Organize your Gmail Labels as Tabs
• Deploy Scalable and Highly Available Web App (Omaha Server) on AWS Cloud
• Design Secure & Scalable VPC for Micro-service Architecture
• Bringing Manually Created Resources Into CloudFormation Management