Azure is a fairly new cloud environment for me. Getting an API up and running on container instances posed a bit of a challenge. So here I am sharing my approach to automate and deploy container groups in Azure. Things to do Build a Rails API Containerise API Push API container to Azure container repository…
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How to automate Inspec tests on AWS
Chef Inspec is an open source testing framework designed for automated compliance and security checks on infrastructure. Combining it with State Manager on AWS you can ensure EC2 instances in your account are in a state you define. In this blog post I will explain how I automated this setup with cloudformation. Solution Architecture Key…
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Many Shades of Naturalistic Gardens
Naturalistic gardens are informal gardens designed to mimic nature. Working in partnership with nature, they idealise the true potential of a given site. In fact these gardens are celebrations of the serendipity achieved through organic change. Soil conditions, surrounding landscape, climate and native flora underpin their design (Brine, 2010). With no clear symmetry or geometry…
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Two Sis
Its almost five past seven in the morning. I wake up craving for an Indian breakfast. Looking through the apartment window in Pyrmont I can see Vrindavan – An Indian restaurant on the street. Googling about the opening hours I get disappointed. I try to wake up my husband and our friends (whom we are…
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hofbräuhaus
My husband one day came up with the idea of finding the best schnitzel in town. He, after some research came up with hofbräuhaus in Market Lane. I was surprised! Who would ever imagine a German restaurant inside a quite alley in China Town?? We both headed there for dinner on a Friday night. Ordered…
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La Camera
It is never easy to pick a restaurant when you are spoiled for choice. I ask the obvious question, what do you like to have? But this time its Kyle’s turn to answer. Because he is the Birthday boy! He doesn’t mind the food but all he cares about is the view. Pragnya recollects a…
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Pok Pok Junior
Pad Thai is one of my recent favourites. I love the sweet, sour and slightly hot nature of the sauce that coats the not so thick strands of the rice noodles. The freshness of coriander leaves and the crunchiness of bean sprouts. Some broken roasted peanuts to give a nutty twist. Squeeze a wedge…
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Akasaka Umaya Shinjukku
It was my last night in Tokyo and I lay tired in my bed around 10 at night. I make a call to the reception to order some food from the restaurant downstairs. The receptionist was very sweet. In her sweetest and most polite way possible informed me that the hotel does not provide room…
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I lived long twenty years of my life negligent about the Country of Japan. I came across Hiroshima and Nagasaki during History lessons. But it only painted a very sad picture in my mind, strong enough to disturb my thoughts as a child. It was my Dad who totally changed my perception about Japan. He…
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Mong’s Kitchen
If you ask me what would make me happy on my birthday without a second thought I would say a grand feast for lunch. Because that’s the way I am brought up. Birthdays bring me fond memories of my mom feeding me the best hand crafted delicacies that perfectly suit my palate. More than ten…
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