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🐧 Open Source Journey

~/The Captain's
Journey

12+ years navigating the open-source seas. From writing my first bash script to becoming a Docker Captain, Google Developer Expert, and mentoring 50,000+ developers across 25+ countries.

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$ Recognitions & Titles

Earned through years of community leadership and open-source contributions.

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Docker Captain
Docker Inc.
Google Developer Expert
Google Cloud Platform
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AWS Community Builder
Amazon Web Services
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Auth0 Ambassador
Auth0 by Okta
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Mozilla Reps Council
Mozilla Foundation
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Open Source Advocate
OSW & OSCF Founder

$ git log --oneline

Key commits in the journey from engineer to community captain.

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2012

The First Commit

Started my tech career with a passion for Linux and automation. Wrote my first shell scripts and fell in love with the terminal.

LinuxBashAutomation
2015

Entered the Cloud

Dove deep into AWS and cloud-native architecture. Started evangelizing DevOps practices and containerization within my team.

AWSDevOpsDocker
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2017

Speaking & Community Building

Delivered my first public talks. Founded local tech meetups and began organizing community events around cloud and DevOps.

Public SpeakingMeetupsGDG
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2019

Going Global

Crossed 100+ sessions across multiple countries. Started mentoring developers worldwide and evangelizing cloud-native tech on the global stage.

Public SpeakingMentoringGlobal
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2021

AWS Community Builder

Recognized as an AWS Community Builder for Containers. Deepened expertise in container orchestration, cloud-native patterns, and ECS/EKS architectures.

AWS Community BuilderContainersCloud Architecture
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2022

Building Local Communities

Started organizing local tech communities — bringing developers together through meetups, workshops, and hackathons to learn and build in the open.

CommunityMeetupsWorkshopsHackathons
2023

CloudCaptain & Community Chapters

Launched CloudCaptain as a free, open-source learning platform. Founded CNCF Gandhinagar, HashiCorp Gandhinagar, and GDG Cloud Gandhinagar chapters — scaling community impact.

CloudCaptainCNCFHashiCorpGDG Cloud
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2024

Docker Captain

Appointed as an official Docker Captain — recognized for deep container expertise, community leadership, and evangelizing Docker across 25+ countries.

Docker CaptainContainersCommunity Leader
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2025

Germany, GDE & Grafana

Moved to Germany and became a Google Developer Expert for Cloud. Took on the role of Grafana and Friends Berlin organizer — bridging observability and community.

GDEGoogle CloudGrafanaBerlin
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2026

Shipping AI-Native Infrastructure

Now building at the frontier where AI meets DevOps — crafting intelligent automation, MCP-powered cloud ops, and Docker Sandboxes that let AI agents ship code safely.

AI AgentsMCPClaudeDocker Sandboxes

$ ls ~/open-source/

Some of the open-source projects I've built for the community.

CloudCaptain

Free, open-source learning platform for Cloud, DevOps, AI & Operations with curated paths and hands-on exercises.

DocusaurusTypeScriptDevOpsCommunity
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Dispatch

AI-powered CLI that uses Claude to automatically resolve GitHub issues with intelligent code analysis.

AIClaudeGitHubPython

Azure MCP Server

Model Context Protocol implementation for Azure services, enabling AI agents to interact with cloud resources.

AzureMCPTypeScriptAI
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Hello GenAI

Educational collection of generative AI applications to help developers get started with AI technologies.

GenAIEducationPythonLLMs

$ Let's Connect

Whether you want to collaborate on open source, invite me to speak, or just say hello.