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Essential Linux Skills for Google Cloud Platform — DevCon 2026
My first talk as a Google Developer Expert in Cloud: the Linux skills that matter most on GCP, delivered to a packed room at the Developers Conference 2026 in Mauritius.
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A Day With openSUSE at Polytechnics Mauritius
A full-day open source workshop at the Polytechnics Mauritius campus in Ébène — tracing Linux from Stallman and Minix to a Mauritian gecko on the openSUSE Leap 16.0 wallpaper, packaging FrankenPHP live on the Open Build Service, and spinning up openSUSE on Google Cloud. With Eddy Lareine and Neil Baichoo.
Document AI & RAG for a Newspaper Archive
A Saturday morning of workshops and corridor conversations with Mauritius's developer community at SWAN HQ in Port-Louis. My own session was on Document AI and RAG for a historical newspaper archive — turning a 1955 Le Figaro into something a researcher can actually query.
From Flask to Cloud Run: A Workshop at ALCHE Mauritius
On Friday 17 April 2026, I delieverd a technical workshop at the African Leadership College of Higher Education (ALCHE) in Pamplemousses. The topic: taking a Python Flask application from a developer'...
MSCC March Meetup: Enterprise Architecture & 12-Factor PHP Infrastructure
The MSCC March meetup at Klanik, IconÉbène brought 22 attendees together for two talks: Ajmal Saifudeen on Enterprise Architecture and why developers should care, and Ish Sookun on applying the 12-Factor methodology to modern PHP infrastructure with Laravel, followed by an open discussion.
How to Deploy a Laravel Application on Google Cloud Run?
Deploy a Laravel application on Google Cloud Run with PHP 8.5, connect to Cloud SQL PostgreSQL, and scale to zero when idle. A practical guide covering containerization, deployment to the africa-south1 region, and tips for handling storage, sessions, and queues in a serverless environment.
What your appearance says before you speak — Lessons from PMI Mauritius
PMI Mauritius hosted an insightful session with Nadjma Rawat on professional image and personal branding. Learn how the "RAG project management framework" applies to grooming, clothing, and body language — and what your appearance says before you speak.
openSUSE Leap 16.0 is now available on Google Cloud Platform
openSUSE Leap 16.0 is now available on Google Cloud Platform with x86_64 and Arm64 images. You can launch a Compute Engine instance by selecting openSUSE Leap 16.0 under Public images. The Cloud Observability Ops Agent is not yet supported.
openSUSE Board Election 2025 has been announced
The openSUSE Project is a worldwide community effort promoting the use of Linux everywhere. The openSUSE Board guides the project's direction and facilitates community collaboration. Two seats are now open as the 2025 Board Election begins — get involved by running or casting your vote in March.