How I Passed the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02) Exam

TL;DR I prepared for DOP-C02 by studying multi-account CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code governance, resilient multi-Region architectures, centralized observability, automated incident response, and enterprise security controls. The exam required me to connect delivery automation with reliability, operations, and security decisions across AWS environments. Certification earned You can view my AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02) certification on Credly. ...

October 15, 2026 · 28 min · Nabil Noh

Why BuildKit Replaces Kaniko in Modern CI/CD

TL;DR Kaniko is archived and no longer maintained. This guide explains how BuildKit can replace it in CI/CD pipelines, with examples covering performance, security, multi-platform images, and caching. Kaniko was widely used for building Docker images in daemonless environments such as Kubernetes, but it is now archived and no longer maintained. This guide explains the practical reasons to move to BuildKit and shows how to use it for modern CI/CD workflows, including multi-platform image builds. ...

June 5, 2025 · 7 min · Nabil Noh