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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.
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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
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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
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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.

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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
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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.