Cloud Beginners

This path is intentionally labeled developing, not published, because four stops covers real, useful ground (a hands-on deployment, credential hygiene, monitoring basics, and CI/CD fundamentals) but doesn't yet add up to comprehensive cloud-fundamentals coverage — topics like core networking in the cloud, IAM/identity models, and cost management aren't represented yet. What's here is genuinely useful as a starting point; it just isn't the complete path yet.

If you're new to cloud platforms, this is still a reasonable place to start — just expect this path to grow substantially in later batches of content.

1. 1 Your First GCP Cloud Run Deployment  Lab · beginner
   A hands-on, from-scratch lab deploying a simple application to GCP Cloud Run — the actual commands, what each one does, and how to confirm it worked.
2. 2 Secrets Management: Don't Commit That Password  Guide · beginner
   Practical credential hygiene for real projects — why secrets don't belong in source control, how .gitignore and environment variables actually protect you (and where they don't), and what to do if a secret is committed by mistake.
3. 3 Monitoring 101: Metrics, Logs, and Traces  Guide · beginner
   The three pillars of observability explained plainly — what metrics, logs, and traces each tell you, and which one to reach for first depending on the question you're actually asking.
4. 4 What Is a CI/CD Pipeline, Really  Guide · beginner
   CI/CD explained without the buzzwords — what continuous integration and continuous deployment actually automate, and what a real pipeline looks like end to end.

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