https://symlach.com/Recent content on SymlachHugoen-usThu, 14 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://symlach.com/posts/the-beauty-in-simplicity/Thu, 14 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://symlach.com/posts/the-beauty-in-simplicity/<p>Towards the end of 2025, I decided it was time that I finally created a blog. Somewhere to document my thoughts, experiences and anything I&rsquo;m currently learning related to software. Maybe even showcase one of the many personal projects from my project graveyard.</p> <p>I spent the year deep diving into building real-time data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). While doing so, I noticed there seemed to be far fewer people blogging about building on GCP than on Amazon Web Services (AWS). My initial thought for the blog was to build something that focused on sharing my knowledge of building solutions on GCP. I spent a couple of months building the blog on weekends and eventually came up with the following:</p>