{"id":274,"date":"2016-06-01T19:39:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=274"},"modified":"2026-03-21T01:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:32:51","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/computingforgeeks.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"cfg-about-page\">\n\n  <!-- Hero -->\n  <div class=\"cfg-about-hero\">\n    <span class=\"cfg-about-hero__label\">\n      <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M12 22c5.523 0 10-4.477 10-10S17.523 2 12 2 2 6.477 2 12s4.477 10 10 10z\"\/><path d=\"m9 12 2 2 4-4\"\/><\/svg>\n      Since 2014\n    <\/span>\n    <h1 class=\"cfg-about-hero__title\">Practical guides for engineers who build and run infrastructure<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"cfg-about-hero__desc\">ComputingForGeeks has been the go-to resource for Linux, DevOps, and infrastructure engineers since 2014. No fluff, no filler &#8211; just tested commands and real configurations you can deploy today.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- Stats -->\n  <div class=\"cfg-about-stats\">\n    <div class=\"cfg-about-stat\">\n      <span class=\"cfg-about-stat__number\">3,680+<\/span>\n      <span class=\"cfg-about-stat__label\">Technical Articles<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"cfg-about-stat\">\n      <span class=\"cfg-about-stat__number\">11+<\/span>\n      <span class=\"cfg-about-stat__label\">Years Publishing<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"cfg-about-stat\">\n      <span class=\"cfg-about-stat__number\">50M+<\/span>\n      <span class=\"cfg-about-stat__label\">Engineers Helped<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"cfg-about-stat\">\n      <span class=\"cfg-about-stat__number\">20+<\/span>\n      <span class=\"cfg-about-stat__label\">Topic Categories<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- What We Cover -->\n  <div class=\"cfg-about-section\">\n    <h2 class=\"cfg-about-section__title\">What we cover<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"cfg-about-section__desc\">Every article is written from hands-on experience &#8211; we run the commands, hit the errors, and document the solutions before publishing.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"cfg-about-topics\">\n      <div class=\"cfg-about-topic\">\n        <div class=\"cfg-about-topic__icon\">\n          <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><polyline points=\"4 17 10 11 4 5\"\/><line x1=\"12\" y1=\"19\" x2=\"20\" y2=\"19\"\/><\/svg>\n        <\/div>\n        <h3>Linux Administration<\/h3>\n        <p>RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux &#8211; from installation to production hardening. 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We run every command, capture every output, and troubleshoot every error before it reaches you.<\/p>\n      <ul>\n        <li><strong>Tested commands<\/strong> &#8211; every code block is verified on the target OS version<\/li>\n        <li><strong>Version-specific<\/strong> &#8211; we specify exact software versions and OS releases<\/li>\n        <li><strong>Complete workflows<\/strong> &#8211; from prerequisites to verification, nothing skipped<\/li>\n        <li><strong>Production-ready<\/strong> &#8211; firewall rules, service hardening, and monitoring included<\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- Author -->\n  <div class=\"cfg-about-section\">\n    <h2 class=\"cfg-about-section__title\">Who&#8217;s behind ComputingForGeeks<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"cfg-about-author\">\n      <div class=\"cfg-about-author__avatar\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6074c6c139bb83d4ccb6f0bbebbe5194b528c07121ca3022ad741d8f2d1c5bdf?s=160\" alt=\"Josphat Mutai\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" title=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"cfg-about-author__info\">\n        <h3>Josphat Mutai<\/h3>\n        <span class=\"cfg-about-author__role\">Founder &#038; Lead Author<\/span>\n        <p>Infrastructure engineer, Linux nerd, and terminal dweller with 12+ years deep in the stack &#8211; from bare metal to Kubernetes, BGP peering to GitOps pipelines. I live in the intersection of systems engineering and automation: Linux administration, cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, OpenStack), container orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Nomad), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Crossplane, Pulumi), configuration management (Ansible, Salt), databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis), networking, and security hardening.<\/p>\n        <p>I started ComputingForGeeks in 2014 because I was tired of solving the same problems twice and finding outdated docs everywhere. Every article here comes from real deployments &#8211; production clusters, home lab experiments, and the occasional 2am incident that turned into a tutorial. 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