2021 in review

Day job

Early 2021, I was working with Django & Kubernetes a lot. For the record, I’m working with a CDN company on an Over-the-top (OTT) video streaming product. I remember hacking iptables to add rate limiting rules in Kubernetes nodes. It was fun! One of the projects I was involved in was completely redesigning the company’s dashboard using the internal UI kit. I had fun working with several overseas colleagues.

Not going to lie; due to this COVID thing, my life has become dull after one and half years of lockdown. I was no longer excited about my job. That’s when I felt I needed some changes in my life, and I wanted to meet new people and work on new projects. Basically, I want a fresh new start.

In July 2021, I got a new job offer. It was my bravest move. 25th August 2021 was my last day at OnApp. I wrote an article about this in my blog. After all the memories, it was hard to step out of the door and leave everyone, and I was emotional.

In September, I started a new job at Billplz, a Malaysian payment platform company. That’s where I met new excellent colleagues. My tech stack here has completely changed. I‘m now working with Rails, React/Next JS, PostgreSQL, and AWS.

In October, I was in charge of building a data warehouse for the company. It was fun, and I hadn’t felt that thrill for months.

Side Job

In Jan 2021, I built a tax app to manage my tax for the year. I never publish the app to the public, but I still…