# Muhammed Nasvih V

> Lead DevOps Engineer & Technical Lead based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, working across Saudi Arabia and India.
> Leads the DevOps and IT function at Code7 Information Technology, and takes on web
> application, AI agent, cloud and IT work for businesses. Writes The Stack Notes.

## About this site

- [Portfolio and services](https://www.nasvih.in/): experience, services, flagship work, contact
- [The Stack Notes](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/): 58 articles on infrastructure, AI, money and work
- [All series](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/series/): 6 running series
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## Topics covered

- DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, release automation, containers and Kubernetes
- Cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure, Linux, networking, VPN, monitoring
- Cloud cost optimisation and IT estate visibility
- Web applications, internal tools and AI agents in production
- Careers, hiring, documentation and how technical teams operate
- Personal finance, markets and unit economics, explained plainly

## Articles

### Tech Series (12)

- 01. [Why DevOps (And What It Really Is)](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/why-devops-exists/): DevOps was not chosen because it was trending. It came from understanding how real systems are built and maintained.
- 02. [Zero to 100: Servers, Cloud, and Networking Foundations](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/servers-and-cloud-fundamentals/): Before you touch DevOps, you need to understand where everything runs. Let's break it down from zero.
- 03. [Cloud Under Fire: What Every Tech Leader Must Learn](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/cloud-under-fire/): An AWS data center in the UAE was reportedly hit during regional strikes. When physical conflict can take out a cloud region, the risk model changes.
- 04. [Why Big Tech Companies Still Go Down](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/why-big-tech-still-goes-down/): Facebook disappeared for six hours in 2021, not hacked, not attacked, just a routine config change. It is a pattern, not an exception.
- 05. [The Silent War Happening Inside Every Tech Company](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/the-war-over-your-data/): It does not make headlines when it starts, but when it ends, billions of dollars change hands. It is the war over your data.
- 06. [The Internet Was Never Designed to Be This Big](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/how-the-internet-stays-online/): It was built in the 1970s for a few hundred computers. Here is what is actually holding it together for 5.4 billion people.
- 07. [Why the World's Most Expensive Software Keeps Failing](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/why-expensive-software-fails/): A single reused line of code destroyed a $370 million rocket. That pattern never really stopped.
- 08. [AI Is Inside Your Pipeline. Most Teams Run It Wrong.](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/ai-inside-the-devops-pipeline/): AI didn't just change what software does. It changed how software is built, tested, deployed, and monitored.
- 09. [The Japanese WordPress Hack: Zero To 100](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/the-japanese-wordpress-hack/): Most WordPress owners find out they're hacked from Google, not from an alert. Here's the full breakdown.
- 10. [VPN: What It Is, Who It's Actually For](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/vpn-explained-for-real-use/): Not the privacy shield the ads sell you. A VPN is real infrastructure, built for secure remote access at work.
- 11. [Why "Full-Stack" Stopped Being Optional](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/full-stack-is-not-optional/): AI closed the 'I don't know this language' gap. Now full-stack range without real depth is a liability, not a strength.
- 13. [What Is System Design And Why You Should Care](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/what-is-system-design/): No jargon, just straight talk — system design is deciding what to protect before you touch the keyboard.

### AI Series (19)

- 01. [AI Gives Everyone New Opportunities](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/ai-gives-everyone-opportunities/): AI won't take your job — it hands you a team you couldn't otherwise afford. A rundown of what one person can now do alone.
- 02. [What AI Really Is](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/what-ai-really-is/): Before using AI, it helps to understand what it actually is — and why the 2022 ChatGPT moment changed who gets to use it.
- 03. [The Power of Prompts](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/power-of-prompts/): AI tools like ChatGPT are easy to use — but great results depend on one thing: your prompt. Here's how to write better ones.
- 04. [Prompt Structure and Real Examples](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/prompt-structure-real-examples/): A 4-part formula — role, task, context, output format — that turns a vague AI request into a result that actually fits your goal.
- 05. [How to Pick the Right AI Tool](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/pick-the-right-ai-tool/): New AI tools launch every day. The smarter question isn't which one is best — it's which one fits your goal.
- 06. [Combine AI Tools Like a Digital Team](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/combine-ai-tools-digital-team/): One AI tool helps you. A combination of AI tools automates entire tasks — here's how to start thinking like the manager of a digital team.
- 07. [Build Your Own AI System (No Coding Needed)](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/build-your-own-ai-system/): You don't need to be a developer to build systems anymore. Chain a few AI tools together and they'll run entire workflows for you.
- 08. [Think Like AI](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/think-like-ai/): You don't need to be technical to use AI well. But learning to think the way AI does makes problem-solving simpler, faster, and more logical.
- 09. [Staying Updated in AI](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/staying-updated-in-ai/): AI evolves daily. Fifteen minutes a day of reading, testing, and exploring is enough to stay ahead of 90% of people.
- 10. [The Future of AI and How It Changes Our Work](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/the-future-of-ai/): AI isn't just a tool anymore — it's becoming an assistant, teammate, and sometimes a creator. Here's what's coming next.
- 11. [How Small Businesses and Freelancers Can Use AI](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/ai-for-small-businesses-and-freelancers/): AI isn't only for big companies or coders — it's the biggest equalizer yet, giving small businesses and freelancers tools large companies pay millions for.
- 12. [From ML to Agents: How AI Actually Evolved](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/how-ai-actually-evolved/): AI did not arrive overnight. It evolved quietly through seven overlapping phases, then suddenly accelerated.
- 13. [Build a Website for Free Using AI (Zero Experience Needed)](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/build-a-free-website-with-ai/): AI removed the technical barrier to building a website. It did not remove the need to know what you want to say.
- 14. [GPT-6 Just Landed. The Model War Isn't About Chatbots](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/gpt-6-and-the-model-war/): Three frontier labs shipped three breakthrough models in one month. The competition has moved from who writes best to who can act.
- 15. [AI Agents Are Taking Over Enterprise Workflows](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/ai-agents-enterprise-workflows/): Most companies are not ready for the shift from chatbots that answer questions to agents that complete tasks end-to-end.
- 16. [$242 Billion Went Into AI in One Quarter](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/ai-funding-record-quarter/): In Q1 2026, AI startups absorbed 81% of all global VC funding. This is not a bubble story, it is a capital reallocation story.
- 17. [AI Now Performs at Expert Level in 44 Professions](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/ai-at-expert-level/): Frontier models are matching trained professionals in radiology, law and engineering — not on tasks, but on entire professions.
- 18. [AI Is Consuming More Power Than Countries](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/ais-hidden-energy-crisis/): Training and running AI at scale now demands gigawatts most people never think about — and the industry stays quiet on it.
- 19. [From "I Need A Website" To "My Website Is Live" With AI](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/from-idea-to-live-website/): AI platforms are moving from places where you ask questions to platforms where you build complete products.

### Finance Series (12)

- 01. [Finance and Money Mindset](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/finance-and-money-mindset/): Earn, spend it all, repeat — that was the starting point. Here's what changed, and why finance is really about confidence and freedom.
- 02. [Balancing Spending, Saving and Growth](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/balancing-spending-saving-growth/): A practical split for today's spending and tomorrow's security — plus the principles that make the split actually work.
- 03. [Why You Need Investments](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/why-you-need-investments/): Saving money doesn't grow it. Inflation quietly eats it. Here's why investing — not just saving — is the second step of the same job.
- 04. [Gold as an Investment](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/gold-as-an-investment/): Gold is surging again. A look at why it moves, how it stacks up against Indian equities over decades, and how to actually buy it.
- 05. [Silver as an Investment](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/silver-as-an-investment/): Silver has always lived in gold's shadow. In 2025, it's quietly becoming one of the most powerful — and volatile — wealth builders for investors who understand it.
- 06. [What Is the Stock Market?](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/what-is-the-stock-market/): Most people hear 'stock market' and think risky or complicated. The truth is simpler: it's just a way to buy a piece of a business.
- 07. [Types of Earnings from Stocks](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/types-of-earnings-from-stocks/): Owning a stock is like owning a small piece of a business. Here are the three ways that ownership actually pays you.
- 08. [What You Can Do in the Stock Market](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/stock-market-strategies/): Once you understand what the stock market is, the next step is knowing how to participate. Different strategies fit different goals, risk, and time.
- 09. [How to Choose Stocks](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/how-to-choose-stocks/): A stock represents a piece of a real business. Here's how to evaluate one, beyond just a familiar name and a moving price.
- 10. [Mutual Funds and ETFs: Investing Without Picking Stocks](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/mutual-funds-and-etfs-explained/): Not everyone wants to study balance sheets or track charts. Mutual funds and ETFs let you own a diversified basket of investments without daily monitoring.
- 11. [How to Choose the Right Mutual Fund for SIP](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/choosing-a-mutual-fund-for-sip/): Choosing the right mutual fund comes down to three things: goal, timeline, and risk. Here's the simple, practical breakdown.
- 12. [Why Finance Should Be for Everyone](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/why-finance-should-be-for-everyone/): This series was never about SIPs or gold — it's about the fact that most people enter adulthood without ever learning how money works.

### Workplace Series (2)

- 01. [The Hiring Gap Theory](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/the-hiring-gap-theory/): So many people are looking for jobs, so many companies are looking for candidates — why isn't it matching?
- 02. [Documentation Is Not Overhead, It's Leverage](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/documentation-is-leverage/): Why writing things down is the highest-leverage habit a technical team can build.

### Learning in Action (7)

- 01. [Starting the Learning in Action Series](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/starting-learning-in-action/): Not a success story — a running log of real work, mistakes, and iteration, structured into four series worth following.
- 02. [FundUp: How a Simple Idea Became a Finance Community](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/fundup-student-finance-community/): A casual suggestion during college fest planning grew into a student-run finance club whose first session drew 150+ attendees.
- 03. [Before Freelancing: What Part-Time Jobs Taught Me](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/part-time-jobs-before-freelancing/): Nine part-time jobs between 2019 and 2021 — cashier, SIM seller, delivery rider, caterer, tutor — taught lessons no classroom could.
- 04. [Why I Didn't Start Freelancing Earlier](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/early-exposure-builds-confidence/): I learned web design in 7th grade and never feared technology again. But early exposure alone was not enough, continuity was what mattered.
- 04. [From a Simple Idea to 15+ Freelance Clients](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/from-idea-to-15-clients/): It started in late 2021 with one question: why do so many small businesses still lack a proper online presence?
- 05. [Freelancing Lesson: Clarity, Quality, and Trust](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/clarity-quality-and-trust/): If you are not clear about what you do, others will define you incorrectly. Here is how I priced work and built trust without bargaining.
- 06. [Closing the Freelance Chapter: What It Actually Taught Me](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/freelance-journey-final-lessons/): Freelancing was never about scaling big. It was one part of life, and it taught lessons that mattered more than any project.

### Standalone (6)

- [Building Old School Games](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/building-old-school-games/): A small nostalgia project — classic browser games like Tetris, Pong, and Minesweeper, built from scratch with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- [Joining Vahmine as a Junior DevOps](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/joining-vahmine-as-junior-devops/): Stepping into a Junior DevOps role at Vahmine Technologies, working on Toolyt and Acadle.
- [A New Beginning at Code7](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/new-beginning-at-code7/): Starting a new chapter in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as an IT Specialist focused on DevOps and development at Code7.
- [Varumo: A Wedding Website Product Done Right](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/varumo-a-wedding-site-done-right/): "Varumo" means "will you come?" in Malayalam — and the product built around that one word is sharp.
- [Most Companies Aren't IT Companies — But They Run On IT](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/the-it-visibility-gap/): A client came to us for PDPL consulting. We found SAR 3,500 a month in infrastructure nobody had shut down.
- [Read This Post First](https://www.nasvih.in/blog/read-this-first/): New here? A short guide to the five series running on this page — pick whatever topic catches your eye.

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