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Brendon Keelan

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Diamond League

5815 points
Attention Mechanism Earned Feb 1, 2025 EST
Introduction to Image Generation Earned Feb 1, 2025 EST
Level 3: GenAI Earned Aug 30, 2023 EDT
#GoogleClout Set 3 (2/10) Earned Oct 14, 2022 EDT
Cloud Hero BigQuery Skills Earned Jul 20, 2022 EDT
Solutions Architect - Associate Earned Nov 22, 2020 EST
Storage & CDN Earned Oct 27, 2020 EDT
Set Up a Google Cloud Network Earned Sep 19, 2020 EDT
[DEPRECATED] OK Google: Build Interactive Apps with Google Assistant Earned Mar 2, 2020 EST
Cloud Engineering Earned Jan 5, 2020 EST
Solutions Architect - Professional Earned Dec 18, 2019 EST
App Dev 30-Day Challenge Earned Nov 8, 2019 EST
Cloud Development Earned Oct 17, 2019 EDT
Cloud Hero: Smart Analytics Earned Sep 30, 2019 EDT
Google Kubernetes Engine Best Practices Earned Sep 11, 2019 EDT
Cloud Hero Speedrun: Data Solutions Earned Aug 31, 2019 EDT
Cloud Hero Speedrun: VM Migration Earned Aug 16, 2019 EDT
Cloud Hero Speedrun: Apigee Earned Aug 9, 2019 EDT
Cloud Hero Speedrun: Data Engineering Earned Aug 1, 2019 EDT
Palo Alto Networks Game Earned Jul 13, 2019 EDT
[DEPRECATED] Data Engineering Earned Jul 11, 2019 EDT
Cloud Architecture - Design, Implement, and Manage Earned Jul 9, 2019 EDT
Cloud Implementation Approach Earned Jul 1, 2019 EDT
Baseline: Infrastructure Earned Jun 30, 2019 EDT
Cloud Adoption Strategies Earned Jun 29, 2019 EDT
Cloud Engineering Speedrun Earned Jun 28, 2019 EDT
Kubernetes Challenge Speedrun Game 3 Earned Jun 25, 2019 EDT
OK Google! Speedrun Earned Jun 20, 2019 EDT
Deprecated Kubernetes Solutions Earned Jun 10, 2019 EDT
Kubernetes + Data Speedrun Earned May 24, 2019 EDT
Managing Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform Earned Apr 27, 2019 EDT
Data Engineering Game - Next 19 Extended Earned Apr 20, 2019 EDT
DEPRECATED Application Development - Python Earned Sep 12, 2018 EDT
Automate Deployment and Manage Traffic on a Google Cloud Network Earned Jul 12, 2018 EDT
DEPRECATED Google Cloud's Operations Suite Earned Jun 21, 2018 EDT
Google Cloud Solutions I: Scaling Your Infrastructure Earned Jun 19, 2018 EDT
DEPRECATED Websites and Web Applications Earned Jun 12, 2018 EDT
DEPRECATED Cloud Architecture Earned Jun 8, 2018 EDT
Kubernetes in Google Cloud Earned May 1, 2018 EDT
Google Cloud Essentials Earned Apr 29, 2018 EDT

This course will introduce you to the attention mechanism, a powerful technique that allows neural networks to focus on specific parts of an input sequence. You will learn how attention works, and how it can be used to improve the performance of a variety of machine learning tasks, including machine translation, text summarization, and question answering. This course is estimated to take approximately 45 minutes to complete.

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This course introduces diffusion models, a family of machine learning models that recently showed promise in the image generation space. Diffusion models draw inspiration from physics, specifically thermodynamics. Within the last few years, diffusion models became popular in both research and industry. Diffusion models underpin many state-of-the-art image generation models and tools on Google Cloud. This course introduces you to the theory behind diffusion models and how to train and deploy them on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.

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Recently, a McKinsey report found that Generative AI could add up to $4.4 trillion a year to the global economy, signaling an imminent surge in the demand for GenAI professionals. Now is the perfect time to get a head start and gain hands-on experience with Google Cloud's powerful GenAI tools and techniques, carefully designed to enhance your tech skills and set you on a promising course. Play now to be at the forefront of innovation, shaping the future with GenAI and earning your first Google Cloud GenAI game badge!

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Flex your Google Clout! Each week unlocks a new cloud puzzle. How fast can you find the solution? Share your score on your choice of social networks and join the conversation over in the Google Cloud Community.

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Get hands-on practice with Google Cloud! You will compete with your peers to see who can finish this game with the most points. Earn points by completing the labs accurately and receive bonus points for speed! Be sure to click “End” where you’re done with each lab to be rewarded your points.

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Achieving AWS Certification requires hands-on experience. This quest helps you get hands-on practice with several key services as you prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Exam. Visit AWS Certification to learn more about this exam and find more resources to prepare.

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In this Quest, you’ll learn to work with services related to Storage and Content Delivery Networks, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), and Amazon CloudFront.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Set Up a Google Cloud Network skill badge course, where you will learn how to perform basic networking tasks on Google Cloud Platform - create a custom network, add subnets firewall rules, then create VMs and test the latency when they communicate with each other.

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With Google Assistant part of over a billion consumer devices, this quest teaches you how to build practical Google Assistant applications integrated with Google Cloud services via APIs. Example apps will use the Dialogflow conversational suite and the Actions and Cloud Functions frameworks. You will build 5 different applications that explore useful and fun tools you can extend on your own. No hardware required! These labs use the cloud-based Google Assistant simulator environment for developing and testing, but if you do have your own device, such as a Google Home or a Google Hub, additional instructions are provided on how to deploy your apps to your own hardware.

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This fundamental-level quest is unique amongst the other quest offerings. The labs have been curated to give IT professionals hands-on practice with topics and services that appear in the Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Certification. From IAM, to networking, to Kubernetes engine deployment, this quest is composed of specific labs that will put your Google Cloud knowledge to the test. Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your skills and abilities, we recommend that you also review the exam guide and other available preparation resources.

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Achieving AWS Certification requires hands-on experience. This quest helps you get hands-on practice with several key services as you prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional Exam. Visit AWS Certification to learn more about this exam and find more resources to prepare.

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We hope you enjoyed the App Dev Challenge. Now it is Game Time! You will compete to see who can finish the game with the highest score. Earn the points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. All players will be awarded the game badge.

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The hands-on labs in this Quest are structured to give experienced app developers hands-on practice with the state-of-the-art developing applications in Google Cloud. The topics align with the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Developer Certification. These labs follow the sequence of activities needed to create and deploy an app in Google Cloud from beginning to end. Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your skills and abilities, it is recommended that you also review the exam guide and other available preparation resources.

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Are you getting the most out of your data? Take advantage of the business insights you already have with the power of Google Cloud's analysis tools. Dive deep into key solutions to common use cases and gain hands-on experience with Data Studio, BigQuery and more data tools, plus score points and compete with other players in today's game.

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Get Anthos Ready. Demand for Google Kubernetes Engine is growing, and customers are looking to Google and its partners to provide in-depth technical knowledge. This first Google Kubernetes Engine-centric Quest of best practices hands-on labs will get you started containerizing to modernize in place , and then managing your deployed apps and services -- with monitoring, tracing, and logging.

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In today's game, you will explore how Google Cloud can help you solve real-world challenges with different data tools, while making progress on the Data Engineering quest. Want to learn more about what data can do? Check out how the New York Times, Macy's and healthcare researchers are using tools like Kubernetes and Tensorflow: http://bit.ly/32e0bwi

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Looking to learn new skills in today's multi- and hybrid-cloud world? Play today's game and get hands-on practice with Google's VM migration sequence. Learn to leverage Terraform’s infrastructure-as-code templates, perform lift-and-shift migrations with Cloud Endure, and finally replicate applications as cloud-native workloads. Bonus, the labs in today's game all count towards earning your VM Migration badge.

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Learn how to operate in a multi- and hybrid-cloud world with today's game. Leverage Apigee to transparently migrate application traffic from legacy backends to GCP-backed systems. In this game, you will use Apigee to move site traffic to the cloud without disruption, maintaining business continuity. The faster you complete the lab objectives, the higher your score. Don't forget to click on the "End Lab" button once you finish this lab.

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Start the 30-day challenge strong with a speedrun! Two labs in this game fulfill requirements towards your Data Engineering cert practice badge, and all four get you hands-on experience with key data tools and concepts.

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The move to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) public cloud services is underway, and requirements for cloud security are real. Palo Alto Networks offers innovative and comprehensive protection as you adopt public cloud services. The Palo Alto Networks solutions complement the native GCP security toolset, including network, host and cloud-native security delivered through APIs for comprehensive protection. Take labs to earn points. The faster you complete the lab objectives, the higher your score. You can take each lab up to 5 times. Good luck!

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This advanced-level quest is unique amongst the other catalog offerings. The labs have been curated to give IT professionals hands-on practice with topics and services that appear in the Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer Certification. From Big Query, to Dataprep, to Cloud Composer, this quest is composed of specific labs that will put your Google Cloud data engineering knowledge to the test. Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your skills and abilities, you will need other preparation, too. The exam is quite challenging and external studying, experience, and/or background in cloud data engineering is recommended. Looking for a hands on challenge lab to demonstrate your skills and validate your knowledge? On completing this quest, enroll in and finish the additional challenge lab at the end of the Engineer Data in the Google Cloud to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge.

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This quest of "Challenge Labs" gives the student preparing for the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect certification hands-on practice with common business/technology solutions using Google Cloud architectures. Challenge Labs do not provide the "cookbook" steps, but require solutions to be built with minimal guidance, across many Google Cloud technologies. All labs have activity tracking, and in order to earn this badge you must score 100% in each lab. This quest is not easy and will put your Google Cloud technology skills to the test! Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your knowledge and abilities, additional study, experience, and background in cloud architecture is recommended to prepare for this certification. Complete this quest to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge.

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Welcome to Cloud Implementation Approach! Click "Join this Game". To modify your player name or avatar, go to your My Account page at https://google.qwiklabs.com. Points are earned by completing the steps in the lab.... and bonus points are earned for speed! Be sure to complete each lab by selecting the END option to get the maximum points. Please respect the GCP resource quotas that have been allocated. Otherwise, you'll waste your Game time and gain fewer points.

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If you are a novice cloud developer looking for hands-on practice beyond Google Cloud Essentials, this course is for you. You will get practical experience through labs that dive into Cloud Storage and other key application services like Monitoring and Cloud Functions. You will develop valuable skills that are applicable to any Google Cloud initiative. 1-minute videos walk you through key concepts for these labs.

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Welcome to Cloud Adoption Strategies Click "Join this Game". To modify your player name or avatar, go to your My Account page at https://google.qwiklabs.com. Points are earned by completing the steps in the lab.... and bonus points are earned for speed! Be sure to complete each lab by selecting the END option to get the maximum points. Please respect the GCP resource quotas that have been allocated. Otherwise, you'll waste your Game time and gain fewer points.

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Welcome, gamers! Have you considered getting Google Cloud certified? The logical place to start is the Cloud ACE certification. Get a head start on completing your Cloud Engineering quest and practicing key exam topics, while scoring points and competing against players around the world.

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It’s gameday! Watch your name move up the leaderboard and get valuable Kubernetes skills and experience to help you complete the 30-day challenge. Complete the game labs one by one to score points. Earn the most points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. All players will be awarded the game badge. The top 10 players get 25 free Qwiklabs credits. And the winner? We'll send you a $25 Google Play e-gift card. Ready to play?

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Welcome, gamers! Over a billion: that's how many Google Assistant devices will be out in the world by the end of the year. Want in? Learn to build your own Google Assistant app and win points in today's Qwiklabs game. Complete the game labs one by one to score points. Earn the most points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. All players will be awarded the game badge. The top 10 players get 25 free Qwiklabs credits. And the winner? Eligible to receive a Google Home mini (if available from the Google Store in your location - we'll be in touch after the game with details). Hurry, the game is open until Friday at midnight, EDT. Ready to play?

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Containerized applications have changed the game and are here to stay. With Kubernetes, you can orchestrate containers with ease, and integration with the Google Cloud Platform is seamless. In this advanced-level quest, you will be exposed to a wide range of Kubernetes use cases and will get hands-on practice architecting solutions over the course of 8 labs. From building Slackbots with NodeJS, to deploying game servers on clusters, to running the Cloud Vision API, Kubernetes Solutions will show you first-hand how agile and powerful this container orchestration system is.

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Welcome, gamers! Want to make the most of your Friday? Learn something new (might even help your next career move) and watch your name move on the leaderboard. (Hopefully upwards!) In today's game, experiment with containerization, Kubeflow, BigQuery and ML - plus maybe even win some prizes before the weekend starts. Complete the game labs one by one to score points. Earn the most points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. Ready to play?

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In this Quest, the experienced user of Google Cloud will learn how to describe and launch cloud resources with Terraform, an open source tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned. In these nine hands-on labs, you will work with example templates and understand how to launch a range of configurations, from simple servers, through full load-balanced applications.

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Welcome, gamers! Test your knowledge of topics and services that appear in the Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer Certification. Start taking the game labs to score points. Earn the most points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with a lab to get the maximum points. You can take each lab up to 5 times.

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In this advanced-level quest, you will learn the ins and outs of developing GCP applications in Python. The first labs will walk you through the basics of environment setup and application data storage with Cloud Datastore. Once you have a handle on the fundamentals, you will get hands-on practice deploying Python applications on Kubernetes and App Engine (the latter is the same framework that powers Snapchat!) With specialized bonus labs that teach user authentication and backend service development, this quest will give you practical experience so you can start developing robust Python applications straight away.

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Networking is a principle theme of cloud computing. It’s the underlying structure of Google Cloud, and it’s what connects all your resources and services to one another. This course will cover essential Google Cloud networking services and will give you hands-on practice with specialized tools for developing mature networks. From learning the ins-and-outs of VPCs, to creating enterprise-grade load balancers, Automate Deployment and Manage Traffic on a Google Cloud Network will give you the practical experience needed so you can start building robust networks right away.

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Learn the ins and outs of Google Cloud's operations suite, an important service for generating insights into the health of your applications. It provides a wealth of information in application monitoring, report logging, and diagnoses. These labs will give you hands-on practice with and will teach you how to monitor virtual machines, generate logs and alerts, and create custom metrics for application data. It is recommended that the students have at least earned a Badge by completing the Google Cloud Essentials. Looking for a hands on challenge lab to demonstrate your skills and validate your knowledge? On completing this course, enroll in and finish the challenge lab at the end of the Monitor and Log with Google Cloud Operations Suite to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge.

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In this course you will learn how you to harness serious Google Cloud power and infrastructure. The hands-on labs will give you use cases and you will be tasked with implementing scaling practices utilized by Google’s very own Solutions Architecture team. From developing enterprise grade load balancing and autoscaling, to building continuous delivery pipelines, Google Cloud Solutions I: Scaling your Infrastructure will teach you best practices for taking your Google Cloud projects to the next level.

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When it comes to hosting websites and web applications, you want a framework that’s robust, fast, and secure. By choosing the Google Cloud Platform, you will have all of those needs covered. In this fundamental-level quest, you will get hands-on practice with GCPs key infrastructure and computing services for the web. From deploying your first web app, to integrating Cloud SQL with Ruby on Rails, to mapping the NYC subway system on App Engine, you will learn all the skills needed to harness GCPs web hosting power.

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This fundamental-level quest is unique amongst the other quest offerings. The labs have been curated to give IT professionals hands-on practice with topics and services that appear in the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Certification. From IAM, to networking, to Kubernetes engine deployment, this quest is composed of specific labs that will put your Google Cloud knowledge to the test. Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your skills and abilities, we recommend that you also review the exam guide and other available preparation resources.

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Kubernetes is the most popular container orchestration system, and Google Kubernetes Engine was designed specifically to support managed Kubernetes deployments in Google Cloud. In this course, you will get hands-on practice configuring Docker images, containers, and deploying fully-fledged Kubernetes Engine applications.

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In this introductory-level course, you get hands-on practice with the Google Cloud’s fundamental tools and services. Optional videos are provided to provide more context and review for the concepts covered in the labs. Google Cloud Essentials is a recommendeded first course for the Google Cloud learner - you can come in with little or no prior cloud knowledge, and come out with practical experience that you can apply to your first Google Cloud project. From writing Cloud Shell commands and deploying your first virtual machine, to running applications on Kubernetes Engine or with load balancing, Google Cloud Essentials is a prime introduction to the platform’s basic features.

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