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The Agentic PoC Graveyard: Why 'Faster Horses' Won't Fix Your ROI

Why low-code bots are just the beginning, and how to scale for the autonomous enterprise.

Posted on December 12, 2025

Low-code agents and personal copilots are great for individual efficiency, but they rarely transform the bottom line. To unlock the true potential of Agentic AI, organisations need to stop automating inefficiency and start reimagining the journey. [Read More]
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How to Register and Use ADK Agents with Gemini Enterprise

A technical guide to connecting backend ADK logic on Vertex AI Agent Engine, to the Gemini Enterprise frontend.

Posted on December 8, 2025

Built a custom agent with the Google Agent Development Kit? Here is a step-by-step breakdown of how to register it with Gemini Enterprise, handle the tricky OAuth 2.0 authorisation flow, and enable secure user context in your python code. [Read More]
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- Google Cloud
- Gemini Enterprise
- Generative AI
- AI Agents
- Vertex AI
- Agent Engine
- ADK
- Discovery Engine
- OAuth
- Python
Defence in Depth: Strategies for Preventing Hallucinations in Agentic AI

A technical guide to architecting reliable, hallucination-resistant agents using a defence-in-depth strategy.

Posted on December 6, 2025

Moving beyond chatbots requires absolute reliability. This post details practical methods for using agentic microservices, the Agent Development Kit, and 'LLM as a Judge' patterns to stop agents from making things up [Read More]
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Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Exam Guide (2025 Edition)

An updated guide based on my 2025 exam experience: SRE, GKE, and CI/CD Security and more.

Posted on December 5, 2025

I sat the DevOps Engineer exam for the 3rd time in mid-2025. Here is a breakdown of the current exam focus, covering SRE principles, Supply Chain Security, and the critical SRE calculations that trip most candidates up. [Read More]
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- Google Cloud
- GCP
- DevOps
- SRE
- Certification
- Exam Guide
- GKE
- Kubernetes
- Cloud Operations
- Security
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Renewal: What to Expect & Mastering the New 1-Hour Exam

An experienced architect's guide to the new format: Gen AI topics, case studies, and official prep resources.

Posted on November 18, 2025

Due to renew your Google Cloud Architect certification? I opted for the specific 1-hour renewal exam instead of the full recertification. Here is the breakdown of Gen AI vs Core topics, official resources, and my experience mastering this shorter, focused format. [Read More]
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- Google Cloud
- GCP
- Professional Cloud Architect
- PCA
- Certification
- Exam Guide
- Gen AI
- Vertex AI
- Gemini

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The Agentic PoC Graveyard: Why 'Faster Horses' Won't Fix Your ROI

Why low-code bots are just the beginning, and how to scale for the autonomous enterprise.

How to Register and Use ADK Agents with Gemini Enterprise

A technical guide to connecting backend ADK logic on Vertex AI Agent Engine, to the Gemini Enterprise frontend.

Defence in Depth: Strategies for Preventing Hallucinations in Agentic AI

A technical guide to architecting reliable, hallucination-resistant agents using a defence-in-depth strategy.

Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Exam Guide (2025 Edition)

An updated guide based on my 2025 exam experience: SRE, GKE, and CI/CD Security and more.

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Renewal: What to Expect & Mastering the New 1-Hour Exam

An experienced architect's guide to the new format: Gen AI topics, case studies, and official prep resources.