How much do you actually use Ansible day to day?
How often are you using Ansible in your daily work? Do you mainly rely on Ansible for configuration management and server deployment, Terraform for provisioning infrastructure, or a…
infrastructure automation
What Is a DevOps Engineer Actually Expected to Do?
I've been working in technology for about six years. I started with a social studies and economics degree, completed an online master's program, then moved from technical support…
Should I Move Into MLOps, or Does DevOps and Platform Engineering Still Have Room to Grow?
I'm considering whether to specialize in MLOps or another AI-related operations field. DevOps involves a lot of configuration, infrastructure, and integration across multiple tools, so I'm not convinced…
Is AI Taking Over DevOps, or Can I Still Build Real Skills?
I'm a junior DevOps engineer working on Kubernetes clusters and Linux server configuration, using Ansible for automation and Terraform for provisioning. The workload is dominated by a constant…
A hardening script took an ALB offline and still exited successfully
I wrote a Bash script to retrofit a default-deny posture onto existing AWS Application Load Balancers. It forces HTTPS, rejects invalid headers, enables defensive desynchronization protections, and changes…
What’s the best way to provision and manage Talos clusters from code?
I'm new to Talos and have successfully created a small local cluster with `talosctl cluster create docker`. I'd like to move beyond manual CLI commands by defining the…
Should infrastructure recovery and scaling changes be automated through Terraform?
How do teams handle critical cloud resources becoming unavailable when nobody is immediately available to respond? For example, if blob storage in one region fails, would you automatically…
What’s the fastest way to set up a company’s domain, email, and website?
I want to quickly establish an online presence for a company or organization. The basic setup would include a domain, inbound and outbound email, a public-facing website, and…
What Does a DevOps Engineer Actually Do When the CI/CD Pipelines Are Finished?
I'm early in my DevOps career and recently completed the CI/CD pipelines my team needed. During my first couple of months I was busy building and debugging solutions,…
How Can I Quickly Build Practical DevOps Skills as a New Intern?
I'm a college student with most of my experience in C/C++, data structures, computer architecture, and the theoretical side of computer science. During my summer internship at a…