--- title: Day 63 of My Cloud Engineering Journey: Finishing Python... description: A personal learning journal entry from day 63 of a cloud engineering self-study journey. Covers completing a Python basics course, reflecting on a past IP... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/day-63-of-my-cloud-engineering-journey-finishing-python-basics-and-building-better-git-habits-n1jfhgeg4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Day 63 of My Cloud Engineering Journey: Finishing Python Basics and Building Better Git Habits | daily.dev og:description: A personal learning journal entry from day 63 of a cloud engineering self-study journey. Covers completing a Python basics course, reflecting on a past IP... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/day-63-of-my-cloud-engineering-journey-finishing-python-basics-and-building-better-git-habits-n1jfhgeg4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/n1jfHgeG4.png og:image:alt: Day 63 of My Cloud Engineering Journey: Finishing Python Basics and Building Better Git Habits og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Day 63 of My Cloud Engineering Journey: Finishing Python Basics and Building Better Git Habits **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal learning journal entry from day 63 of a cloud engineering self-study journey. Covers completing a Python basics course, reflecting on a past IP allow-list automation script, and reviewing core Git commands including git init, git status, git add, git commit, git restore, .gitignore, and git log. Emphasizes the importance of atomic commits for maintaining clean project history, especially in the context of a homelab DevOps workflow involving Terraform, Docker, Ansible, and AWS. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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