Insights from achieving GitLab CI/CD Associate and iSAQB Foundation certifications—covering pipelines, software architecture views, and stakeholder-driven design.

Completed AZ-204 and AZ-400 Azure certifications. Shared 350-question prep sets on GitHub. Integrated Azure API Management into the WTF Model project to improve backend abstraction and security. APIM now manages Azure Functions with proper CORS and auth headers.

Completed Azure's AI-900, DP-900, and SC-900 certifications after years of hands-on use. GPT-4o helped deepen service knowledge like Purview, Intune, CosmosDB, etc. Refuse to pursue further certs due to 12-month recert rules. WTF model release coming in 2024.

Learned TypeScript via Boris Cherny’s O'Reilly book and W3Schools cert, passing with 90%+. Integrated TS into the WTF model for settings and globals, though full migration is postponed. Strong typing will benefit the project long term; initial forced migration attempt failed.

Completed ISO 20000 Foundation cert after ISO 27001. Revisited ITSM concepts like Service Design and Change Management. Gained insight into Annex SL structure shared across ISO standards. Passed with 90%+. Certification complements prior ITIL and ops experience well.

Completed ISO/IEC 27001:2022 cert after a short industry project. Gained clarity on how risks, controls, and policies align in ISMS. Studied ~20 hours, passed with 95%. Annex A, CIA triad, and Statement of Applicability were key insights. Recommended for IT governance basics.