Kubernetes without good logging is just mystery pings.

This post breaks down:
• How Kubernetes logging works
• The key log types every cluster generates
• Practical best practices for centralization & retention
👉 https://graylog.org/post/kubernetes-logging-best-practices/
#Kubernetes #Observability #DevOps #CloudNative #Security

I’m currently looking for a full-time or contract work in SRE / DevOps / IT Operations.
Portland, OR. Open to hybrid, on-site, or remote. Willing to relocate to Seattle.
Schedule: Any

Tools: Python, Bash, PowerShell, Terraform, Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible, Splunk, Grafana, BigPanda
CI/CD: Jenkins, Bitbucket, container builds with Docker/Podman, deployments to Openshift.

I have worked as an IT Operations Engineer in enterprise production environments, supporting on-prem VMware (RHEL and Windows) alongside Azure and AWS. My role included on-call rotations and incident command for high-severity outages.

My responsibilities included monitoring, alert triage, and root cause analysis across infrastructure and application layers, coordinating with infrastructure, development, and product teams to isolate failures, restore service, and prevent recurrence.

My focus was developing Python tooling for automation and production support, with Ansible used for routine infrastructure tasks.

I worked extensively with Splunk, Grafana, and BigPanda, building dashboards for investigation, event correlation, and metrics and trends.

Additional experience includes:

Terraform for cloud provisioning and Puppet for configuration enforcement

Network troubleshooting across Cisco and Arista environments

Production database support: Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, Postgres

My DM’s are open! Feel free to message me for my resume.

Git: github.com/Aleph0x
Web: https://www.al3f.com

#fedihire #hiring #getfedihired #sre #DevOps #SysADmin

I have been thinking for a while that I wanted to write a blog post on how the problem of inspecting "hostile python environments" exists and how picopip was born as a solution to that problem.

This evening I decided it was finally time to put might thoughts in line and write them down. I hope it will be at least an interesting read for some people.

https://open.substack.com/pub/amolnotes/p/when-you-dont-control-the-python

#python #packagemanagement #deploy #devops

The apply before-or-after merge debate is perennial, but I find this article from Terramate covers it thoroughly and has a nice tabulated summary at the end.

https://terramate.io/rethinking-iac/mastering-terraform-workflows-apply-before-merge-vs-apply-after-merge/

#Terramate #Terraform #Terragrunt #DevOps #OpenTofu #IaC #Cloud #PlatformEngineering

In the pursuit of High-Performing Engineering Teams, we often focus on code commits & metrics.

But what if the most important signals live in the relationships between teammates?

In this #InfoQ talk, Lizzie Matusov explores how trust and psychological safety are critical indicators of team success.

🎥 Watch the video 👉 https://bit.ly/4iE0Vlk

📄 #transcript included

#TeamWork #PsychologicalSafety #EngineeringCulture

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#ServerlessArchitecture #CloudSolutions #DevOps #ModernApplications #AWS #Azure #CloudTechnology

🚀 The Best of #CloudComputing & #DevOps in 2025

#InfoQ published some serious heavy hitters last year. These 5 deep dives are essential reading for engineers who want to #StayAhead of the curve 👇

➡️ Designing Resilient Event-Driven Systems at Scale by Rajesh Kumar Pandey
https://bit.ly/3HlYOpa

➡️ Being Functionless: How to Develop a Serverless Mindset to Write Less Code! by Sheen Brisals
https://bit.ly/4rhWXmM

➡️ Checklist for Kubernetes in Production: Best Practices for SREs by Utku Darilmaz
https://bit.ly/43GZ4rO

➡️ When Reverse Proxies Surprise You: Hard Lessons from Operating at Scale by Mitendra Mahto
https://bit.ly/4nZJTR3

➡️ Why Is My Docker Image So Big? A Deep Dive with “dive” to Find the Bloat by Chirag Agrawal
https://bit.ly/44os5ar

📚 Knowledge is power! 💪

#SystemDesign #Serverless #Kubernetes #SRE #Docker #CloudNative