How I Passed the Terraform Associate

Introduction In this post, I’ll share how I passed the Terraform Associate certification (HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate 003) with a combination of free and paid resources, hands-on labs, and some tips I wish I knew earlier. If you’re preparing for this cert, I hope my experience helps streamline your path. Why Terraform? As someone passionate about DevOps and cloud infrastructure, learning Terraform felt like a natural next step. It’s declarative, cloud-agnostic, and widely adopted in production environments. Earning the certification helped validate my skills and gave me more confidence when building infrastructure as code (IaC) for personal and professional projects. ...

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · Umberto Domenico Ciccia

End-to-End MLOps on AWS with CI/CD, GitOps, and Kubernetes

A complete walkthrough of building a production-grade MLOps pipeline using AWS Glue, SageMaker, Terraform, and Kubernetes — with automated CI/CD and GitOps for infrastructure and frontend deployment.

May 24, 2025 · 3 min · Umberto Domenico Ciccia