Author: Jan Gabriel
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Lessons learned from my latest systems design projects
Two of my systems design projects went live during the past three months. It doesn’t always happen that two of these projects reach their final stages together. This simultaneity gave me a busy start to 2024 and taught me a few lessons regarding the design decisions I made early in the projects. In this post,…
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Why you should solve complex problems using Systems Design
I design, implement, and maintain systems using hardware, software, and network applications in my day-to-day work. The roles for this are called systems designer (design) and systems engineer (implement and maintain) in the ICT domain. I focus mainly on operational technology (OT), which means it is technology fit for purpose. Some of my work also…
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How did we get to DevOps?
You’ve definitely heard about DevOps, and probably in the same sentence as CI/CD, but how did we get to DevOps, why is it important, and how can you adopt it?
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An ICT Architect – The what, why & how
When you think about architects, you probably think about building architects. However, in the ICT industry, there are also architects. In this post, I’ll discuss what this role entails, why we need it, and how to become an ICT architect.
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The OSI Model
In the previous post, “What is the Internet?”, I discussed the need for a layered architecture model (TCP/IP) that describes the inner workings of the Internet. In this post, I’ll look at another model called the OSI model and why & where you should use it.
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What is the Internet?
The internet is an INTERconnected NETwork. It uses a functional framework called TCP/IP to describe its inner workings and how devices around the world can communicate with each other. In this article, I’ll briefly discuss the genesis of this vast network and show you how the TCP/IP stack enables you to read this text from…