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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
Preparing for Google Cloud's New Foundational Certification Generative AI Leader Exam

This blog provides an overview of Google Cloud's newest foundational certification: Generative AI Leader and my experience preparing and passing the exam as part of an early adopter pilot group.

Posted on May 14, 2025

In April, I joined the Google Cloud Early Adopter program to complete training and sit Google Cloud’s newest exam: Google Cloud Generative AI Leader (beta). This is Google’s second foundational level certification, following Google Cloud Digital Leader, but this time focusing on GenAI. In this blog I share my experience... [Read More]
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Agentspace Agents: From Advanced Search to No-Code AI Automation

Harnessing DeepResearch & Building Custom Agents to Transform Enterprise Workflows

Posted on May 6, 2025

My previous deep dives into Google Cloud Agentspace, Agentspace UI Overview and Agentspace Connectors and Actions , established how its user experience and robust data integration (via Connectors and Actions) deliver significant value through enhanced enterprise search and summarisation. [Read More]
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