Devops Eng
England, United Kingdom
Joined January 2016
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People think my move into DevOps started with Docker, Kubernetes or CI/CD.
It didn’t.
It started with a bug.
During my DevOps training, I built a facial recognition authentication system using React and AWS.
The flow looked simple:
User uploads an image → image gets stored in S3 → Amazon Rekognition compares the face → DynamoDB returns the employee details → results displayed on the frontend.
Simple on paper.
Not so simple in reality.
Everything looked fine.
The image was uploading successfully.
The API was returning responses.
The infrastructure was working.
But Rekognition kept failing.
Every single time.
Hours turned into days.
I checked permissions.
I checked S3.
I checked the frontend.
I checked the backend.
Everything looked correct.
Then I started digging through CloudWatch logs.
That’s where I found the problem.
The image was reaching AWS.
But the binary data was getting corrupted somewhere in the pipeline.
The file looked normal to me.
AWS disagreed.
One tiny issue in the data flow was breaking the entire authentication process.
After fixing it, the application worked exactly as expected.
But the biggest thing I gained wasn’t the project itself.
It was the lesson.
As a QA, I was trained to find defects.
This project taught me how to investigate them at a deeper level.
I learned that sometimes the problem isn’t where you’re looking.
Sometimes the frontend looks fine.
The backend looks fine.
The infrastructure looks fine.
Yet one tiny detail hidden in a log file is causing everything to fail.
That’s probably when I truly started understanding DevOps.
Not as tools.
Not as certifications.
But as the ability to observe, investigate and understand how an entire system behaves.
Ironically, learning DevOps made me a much better QA.
Because the more I understood systems, the better I became at testing them.
And that’s a lesson I’ll carry throughout my career.
Sometimes I think about how our politicians have made Nigeria a country where even their own children can’t see a future.
They send their children abroad to study, live and build their lives, while millions of other people’s children are left to struggle with the mess they’ve created.
Their children get the best opportunities. Our children are left fighting for basic things.
And we’re supposed to keep pretending everything is normal?
God will judge you all. Honestly, it’s painful. 💔
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Sometimes I wish I could sit a lot of people down and talk to them about the importance of planning.
Don’t rush life. Don’t feel pressured to achieve everything at once. Have a plan, work hard towards it, pray about it and be patient with yourself.
One thing I’ve learnt is that having a plan doesn’t mean everything will go smoothly. There will be setbacks, unexpected turns, disappointments and moments when you have to rethink your next move.
That’s life. When those things happen, find your way around them, adjust where necessary and keep moving. Don’t abandon the bigger picture because of a temporary setback.
Planning has helped me so much. It gives you direction, helps you make better decisions and, most importantly, gives you some peace of mind.
Work hard, pray, stay disciplined and trust the process.
You don’t have to figure out your entire life in one year. Just be intentional about where you’re going. ❤️
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Something funny always happen to the Chelsea squad everyday match day . Damn mehn where is J Pedro
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I remember the time people were calling PSG a farmers team and Ligue 1 as farmers league 🤣🤣😀 Enrique you are the best man
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