Hands-on notes on data platforms

Practical write-ups from building and running data platforms on GCP and Alibaba Cloud: how to set things up, why they break, and what the numbers say.

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How-to Set something up, with the traps on the way
Deep dive How a piece of the stack really behaves
Comparison Two options side by side, with the numbers

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Cloud networking, from scratch to architecture. GCP networking from scratch → Alibaba Cloud networking from scratch → Connecting GCP and Alibaba Cloud → Network architecture for data platforms. First parts coming.

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Hugo on Cloudflare Pages, part 1: deploying from a private GitHub repo

11 October 2026·4 mins

Platform How-To Cloudflare Hugo Github

A private repo, a theme as a git submodule and a custom domain: four steps from push to live in about a minute, with the numbers from the first deploy.

Hugo on Cloudflare Pages, part 2: the DNS record that let a stranger use my domain

11 October 2026·3 mins

Platform Deep-Dive Github Cloudflare Dns

Four A records left pointing at GitHub Pages, no site of mine behind them, and an unverified domain: enough for any GitHub account to serve its page on vinhdata.com. How it works, how to check yours, and the two-part fix.

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