Independent engineering publication
Sourced news, in-depth analysis and hands-on tutorials across AI engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure as code and security. Every article is reviewed by a human editor.
A Python tutorial for beginners that uses real project code: types, collections, functions, files, errors, classes, APIs, FastAPI, async and tests.
24 min read
Python vs TypeScript examples side by side: shared ideas, type systems, runtime traps and tooling, with real code from jithendar.com, MOKS and RoboShop AI.
48 min read
A Terraform tutorial for beginners built on real code: providers, variables, state, plans, count, for_each, tests and CI, using an AWS VPC as the example.
41 min read
A beginner-friendly TypeScript tutorial built on real code from jithendar.com: types, unions, React props, API calls, Zod validation and tsconfig.
37 min read
What Mermaid is, why text-based diagrams suit a technical blog, and how jithendar.com renders Mermaid code blocks as diagrams in Next.js, with code.
8 min read
How jithendar.com's CI reaches a self-hosted minikube cluster: a public API port, a scoped ServiceAccount token, and a kubeconfig built at run time.
10 min read
A Cloudflare Turnstile tutorial for Next.js: how jithendar.com renders the widget, verifies tokens with Siteverify, and where its bot protection stops.
26 min read
Eight areas where engineering teams make the decisions that matter most right now.
Systems the editor has built, and how they work.
MOKS investigates production problems with live Kubernetes, Prometheus and Loki evidence, keeping observed facts apart from suspected causes.
4 min read
How this site works - Next.js on Minikube with PostgreSQL, Redis, Cloudflare R2, built-in admin, audit log, encrypted backups and full observability.
9 min read
A polyglot microservices store - TypeScript, Python, Java - with an AI shopping assistant, MCP tools and full observability, deployed with Argo CD.
1 min read
The rules behind the publication, so you know what you can rely on.
An editor reviews and approves every article before it is published.
Editorial policyNews and summaries cite their sources, listed at the end of each article.
How we sourceErrors are fixed promptly, with a dated note on the article.
Corrections policyAI may assist with discovery and drafts. It never publishes on its own.
AI use policyEditor
Writes and edits Jithendar.com and builds the systems behind it, including RoboShop AI, a public microservices storefront with an AI shopping assistant, deployed on Kubernetes.