Why I Stopped Fighting With Helm and Learned to Love Kustomize
After years of templating trauma, I finally made the switch. Here's what changed my mind and why you might want to consider it too.
Kubernetes
2 postsOOMKilled: A Horror Story in Three Acts
When your pods keep dying and you can't figure out why. A deep dive into memory limits, Java heap sizes, and container mysteries.
Docker
1 postMy Docker Image Went on a Diet: From 2GB to 47MB
A tale of multi-stage builds, Alpine adventures, and the satisfaction of watching your image size shrink dramatically.
CI/CD
2 postsGitHub Actions Secrets: The Time I Almost Leaked Our API Keys
A cautionary tale about debugging in production, log outputs, and why you should always use secret masking.
Zero to GitOps: How ArgoCD Changed My Life
From manual kubectl applies to fully automated deployments. The journey, the pitfalls, and the sweet taste of GitOps nirvana.
Cloud
1 postThat AWS Bill That Made My Manager Cry
Forgotten EC2 instances, NAT Gateway nightmares, and the importance of setting up billing alerts BEFORE you need them.
Monitoring & Logging
1 postSetting Up Prometheus + Grafana Dashboards That Actually Help During Incidents
Not another "install and import dashboard 1860" tutorial. This is about building monitoring that answers questions at 3 AM when everything is on fire.
Platform Engineering
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Platform Engineering content coming soon! Internal developer platforms, golden paths, and developer experience.
War Stories
1 post⭐ Featured
The Night Our Database Decided to Take a Vacation
It was 2:47 AM when my phone started buzzing. PagerDuty, of course. What followed was a 6-hour journey through corrupted indexes, missing backups (yes, we had backups... in theory), and enough caffeine to power a small data center...