Anais Urlichs

Anais Urlichs

London
Platform Engineer, sharing my learning experience with the community through tutorials, newsletters and presentations.
20
Oct
#1 DevOps Diary — Events &  Best-of-Content

#1 DevOps Diary — Events & Best-of-Content

I just changed industry; from the blockchain space to DevOps. Thus, I have LOTs and lots to learn. So I decided to make my learning public. This is the first edition of my newsletter!
2 min read
24
Aug
Why I don't follow my passion

Why I don't follow my passion

Finding your career path is not as straight forward as identifying your passion and following that interest. In this post I argue for a more sustainable approach -- the craftsman mindset -- by highlighting how the thinking and approach to learning new skills may differ.
8 min read
21
Jul
Building Communities - My Top 5 Learnings

Building Communities - My Top 5 Learnings

Every community is different and so should be their community program. In this post, I share my top 5 learnings throughout working with a community of developers, educators and writers.
9 min read
17
Jul

Blockchain Intro Series: Introduction to Governance

This introduction to governance provides an overview, broad distinction between governance processes, and additional readings.
5 min read
17
Jul

Blockchain Intro Series: Introduction to Cryptography

Blockchain based systems are built on cryptographic mechanisms. This post provides an introduction to symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hash functions and the potential of quantum resistance.
14 min read
17
Jul

Blockchain Intro Series: Scalability Solutions

Highlighting design optimisation of distributed systems, how sharded ledgers work, and the difference between Layer 1 and Layer 2 scalability solutions.
18 min read
17
Jul

Blockchain Intro Series: Consensus Mechanisms

Replicated ledger rely on consensus mechanisms to verify and append state updates. This post provides an introduction to consensus designs, theories of design trade-offs and different consensus protocols in replicates systems.
17 min read
28
Jun

4th Semester CS Bachelor

Recap of the first two years of studying an online degree in CS
5 min read
27
Jun

Blockchain Intro Series: Replicated Systems

Overview of replicated systems, and and outline of the main concepts; including levels of decentralization, different types of attacks, wallets and more.
16 min read
25
Apr
Captured By The Efficiency Myth

Captured By The Efficiency Myth

The trap of our financial system and why crypto might be the solution In this short read, I am going
7 min read