Sometimes technical challenges just come out of nowhere—and ruin your day (or months). Let me tell you the epic tale of how a sudden DockerHub limitation threw my team into a mad scramble, some detective work and Bash scripting sessions.
When our CTO declared it "impossible" to know how WiFi users connected across our messy network, I took it as a personal challenge. However, looking back now, I ponder over how much better my decisions could have been with proper mentorship.
As an intern in 2015, I automated provisioning and streamlined CPE deployments, combining DHCP66, TR-069, R, Python, and Selenium. Turns out Bill Gates was right—the best "lazy" engineers put extra effort into smart solutions upfront, saving countless hours down the line.
