AI agents are reshaping how we build, operate, and scale software. A take on what the agentic era means for engineers and how to lead through it rather than be led by it.
Kia ora! 👋🏽
I'm Carlo Columna
Senior Engineer at Xero | AWS Community Builder
I'm a chemical engineer and beer brewer who, after falling in love with tech, made the leap of faith to pursue a career in IT. I work primarily in the Cloud Native, Containers and DevOps space. My advocacy is to write and share how to leverage new technologies in solving real-world problems. I enjoy mentoring and empowering others.
I write about cloud-native technologies, platform engineering, and real-world DevOps on Medium. I'm also an AWS Community Builder, actively sharing knowledge across the community.
Before IT, I spent four and a half years as a brewing engineer at San Miguel Corporation in the Philippines. I hold a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the University of Santo Tomas, where I graduated Cum Laude.
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Personal Brand Website Featured
This website — a fast, secure static site built from scratch with Astro and TypeScript. Markdown-driven content, strong security headers, and deployed on free-tier hosting.
Machine Systems Website Featured
A work-in-progress web app built for a machine works company. Most recent own project, demonstrating front-end skills applied in a real-world business context.
Crypto Discord Bot Featured
A Python bot that queries a cryptocoin Qt desktop wallet and surfaces balance and transaction data inside a Discord server. Starred and forked by others on GitHub.