Hello! I'm Bas Berkhout - a Senior Cloud Engineer and Co-founder of IPMHub.io, focusing on cloud architecture and infrastructure automation.
Besides spending too much time behind a screen, I'm a father of three kids and love (off)road cycling, especially with my kids.
I still remember my first real love for IT when configuring my first networks and routers based on Slackware - yeah, I'm old!
These days, I'm more focused on developing solutions that allow DevOps and Platform teams to scale their services.

Technical background

 1specializations:
 2  cloud_architecture:
 3    - Azure Infrastructure Design
 4    - Kubernetes Orchestration
 5    - Managed Services Implementation
 6  methodologies:
 7    - Infrastructure as Code
 8    - Agile Development
 9    - DevOps Practices
10  automation:
11    - Deployment Pipelines
12    - Configuration Management
13    - Process Optimization
14  languages:
15    - PowerShell and Bash
16    - Terraform and Bicep
17    - Python

Professional focus

As a Senior Engineer, I specialize in:

1. Cloud Architecture Design: Building scalable and resilient cloud infrastructures using Azure and Kubernetes
2. Process Automation: Implementing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code solutions
3. Platform Engineering: Developing managed services and cloud-native applications

IPMHub.io

I'm the founder of IPMHub.io - a platform package manager designed for Infrastructure as Code workflows. In this role my main focus is the work on the frontend and Backend.

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    A[Organization] -->|Develops| B[Platform Solution]
    B -->|Shares via| C[IPMHub.io]
    C -->|Enables| D[Centralized Distribution]
    D -->|Benefits| E[Other Teams]
  

IPMHub.io enables organizations to:

• Centralize platform solution development
• Share complete infrastructure templates
• Standardize deployment practices
• Reduce implementation overhead

Certifications

As you can see, I did a deep dive into Azure and the Microsoft ecosystem over the last two decades.

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flowchart TB
    subgraph Foundations[<strong style='color: white'>Foundation Skills</strong>]
        PSM["PSM I
        Agile/Scrum Foundation"]
        CKA["CKA
        Kubernetes Operations"]
    end

    subgraph Azure[<strong style='color: white'>Azure Certified Professional</strong>]
        subgraph Core[<strong style='color: white'>Core Certifications</strong>]
            AZ104["AZ-104
            Administrator Associate"]
            AZ700["AZ-700
            Network Engineer"]
            AZ500["AZ-500
            Security Engineer"]
            AZ204["AZ-204
            Developer Associate"]
        end
        
        subgraph Advanced[<strong style='color: white'>Advanced Certifications</strong>]
            AZ305["AZ-305
            Solutions Architect
            Expert"]
            AZ400["AZ-400
            DevOps Engineer
            Expert"]
        end
    end

    %% Relationships and Dependencies
    PSM --> AZ400
    CKA --> AZ400
    AZ104 --> AZ305
    AZ104 --> AZ400
    AZ500 --> AZ305
    AZ700 --> AZ305
    AZ204 --> AZ400
    AZ204 --> AZ305
    
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    classDef linuxFoundation fill:#009E60,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff
    classDef azureCore fill:#0078D4,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff
    classDef azureAdvanced fill:#00188F,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff
    
    class PSM scrumOrg
    class CKA linuxFoundation
    class AZ104,AZ700,AZ500 azureCore
    class AZ204,AZ305,AZ400 azureAdvanced
  

Purpose of This Blog

This technical blog serves as a knowledge repository:

 1from dataclasses import dataclass
 2from typing import List, Optional
 3
 4@dataclass
 5class BlogContent:
 6    """Represents the technical content structure of the blog."""
 7    
 8    topics: List[str] = [
 9        "Cloud Architecture",
10        "Kubernetes Deployments",
11        "Infrastructure as Code",
12        "Azure Solutions",
13        "DevOps Practices"
14    ]
15    
16    def get_technical_guides(self) -> List[str]:
17        """Returns available technical guides by topic."""
18        return [
19            f"{topic}: Implementation Guide"
20            for topic in self.topics
21        ]
22    
23    def suggest_content(self, user_expertise: str) -> List[str]:
24        """Suggests content based on user expertise level."""
25        content_map = {
26            "beginner": ["Basic Concepts", "Getting Started"],
27            "intermediate": ["Best Practices", "Architecture Patterns"],
28            "advanced": ["Performance Optimization", "Advanced Deployment"]
29        }
30        return content_map.get(user_expertise.lower(), ["General Overview"])
31
32# Initialize blog content
33blog = BlogContent()

I welcome technical discussions and questions. Let's collaborate on solving complex infrastructure challenges together.