Root.io

I have been using root.io recently. Crazy how good vulnerability patching has been.

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Transferable Skills and Tools?

I am starting as a Systems Engineer soon in an OpenStack Red Hat shop with a couple years experience in support and product. I have a few different options of team I will be on and one is the SRE team, but at this company they only really touch OpsGenie, Dynatrace, Commvault backups, and CMDB in Servicenow. They have other teams that manage container orchestration (OpenShift), CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc). My question is in order to learn transferable skills for future jobs as SRE, DevOps, and Platform Engineers at other companies, should I join the SRE team or join another team to learn Openshift, CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, etc? Any help or recommendations would be appreciate since I want to learn as much as possible. I am also interested in their Web Infra and Linux teams.

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Chainguard

I really hate Chainguard. It is so expensive and they say it’s open source but it’s not really open source.

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When does kodekloud usually have discounts?

I plan on purchasing the standard plan for kodekloud so I can follow the sre or maybe even devops path with labs. Especially Kubernetes, docker, ansible, terraform, linux.

When does kodekloud usually have discounts? I read that sometimes there are steep discounts on the plans. Should I just wait for it?

Or is it better to just grab these courses separately from other places and by different people? I chose Kodekloud because it has labs ready and I tried the free docker labs and it is engaging to me.

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Kubernetes interview question

What happens in background if i kill pod manually and does it have any impact to service/application?

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CKS - Take K8S Security Essentials Course from LF

I am prepping for CKS. Should I take K8S Security Essentials from LF? Is it worth to spend money on it?

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Meta: Solution to all the AI posts

There is an increasing amount of AI related posts that aren't too popular here, as someone that is a little bit more hopeful of what AI can do in devops I though we could create somewhere else to discuss these topics r/vibeops

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Got hired as a DevOps Intern

Hey guys, fresh out of college, I am now hired at a startup, and they have decided to put me in the DevOps team. I don't really have any clue about DevOps. I have a week before my job starts, what are the things I can do in this one week to really get familiar with DevOps?

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future of Tech.

Hi Folks,

The title is a little bit bold but nevertheless it is what is concerning me and many others for a while. I love this community, this is where I started using Reddit so it's the place imo I should discuss this.

I'm ~~founder~~ engineer and janitor of prepare sh, you probably seen it being discussed here, but today I want to talk about something else. Never in my life I thought I'd be thinking "shall I quit tech?", "is it a viable career?", "is there a future in Tech?"

I see daily posts of desperation from young folks, applying for 300-400 jobs in a short matter of time to be ghosted, rejected, disrespected by companies sending AI interviewers showing how invaluable engineers are that they don't even assign a real person to conduct an interview.

I believe STEM path requires certain aptitude and resilience, and those people could have easily become something else like Doctors, Mechanics, etc. and wouldn't witness (not to this degree) never ending vicious cycle of upskilling, ageism, and layoffs.

I'm not saying doctors, and other professions have it easy, but there are many specialties such as dentistry etc that pay very well, are extremely stable and simply can never be outsourced. You go through some shit to get there but once you're there by say 35 or so, you're pretty much set for life. And with more experience you only become more valuable, unlike tech where you're on the hamster wheel of constant upskilling just to not fall behind. And even if you manage to stay relevant and up-to-date you'll still get shit from people once you're 40+ as ageism starts to hit you.

We've been lied to continuously by media, government, and big tech about shortage of talent in tech. They had their agenda to destroy tech salaries and boost their revenues and if you ask me they've achieved it successfully. Sure there is a shortage when someone is offering very low salary and requiring years of experience, but I've yet to witness shortage where adequate compensation is offered.

So the question is where do we go from here? Do we continue riding this increasingly unstable roller coaster, constantly fighting to stay relevant in an industry that seems designed to burn us out and replace us? Or do we start seriously considering alternatives that offer more stability and respect for experience? I'm genuinely curious what others in this community think, especially those who've been in tech for 10+ years. Are these concerns overblown, or are we witnessing the slow collapse of what was once considered the most promising career path of our generation?

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Debug & Chill 3 - Weird Authentication Issue

Excited to share the latest episode of my Debug & Chill series! 🚀

In this installment, we're exploring a mysterious authentication issue in Harbor, the popular open-source container registry.

Unlike my usual networking-focused adventures, this time we tackle the problem using a black-box approach, troubleshooting a third-party application without direct visibility into its internals.Through this debugging journey, I made several assumptions and mistakes—each one teaching valuable lessons. Curious to learn how minor time discrepancies caused major headaches?

Check out Debug & Chill #3 here: https://royreznik.substack.com/p/debug-and-chill-3-weird-authentication

I'd love to hear your thoughts, experiences, or similar stories in the comments below. Let's debug together! 🛠️☕

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AWS IaC best option

Hi, I’m wondering about what tool for IaC do you think is the best option for managing infra, managed and serverless services, etc.
I know that you can choice tools owned by AWS (cloudformation, sam, cdk) and vendor independent such terraform.
I have expirience managing IaC with terraform in Azure and GCP. In the Azure case i could choice arm template and biceps but i think it is hard to find people use those option in azure.
In the other hand, I have seen several offers for DevOps with AWS skills where it seems that they prefer to use the AWS tools.
Could you share your expiriences managing IaC in AWS please?

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Crossplane IaC adoption

I've seen that Crossplane is CNCF incubating since 2021 while Terraform and Pulumi aren't. But most companies I know use Terraform/Pulumi over Crossplane.

Did I miss something here? We're thinking about consolidating our IaC tooling (we use Pulumi and Terraform, depending on the team) and I stumbled upon Crossplane a while ago, loved the concept and thought about it as a third alternative. But there's far fewer resources out there on Crossplane than there is on Terraform and now I'm asking myself if it can even be a viable candidate.

What's your experience with Crossplane? Any pitfalls I'm not aware of? Because at first glance, selling yaml based K8s resources to teams that are used to Python (for Pulumi) or HCL seems like less of a struggle than making them adopt the other team's tooling, especially since not all of them are programmers.

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Feature Flags for the Win

I’ve found that implementing Feature Flags consistently results in interesting debates. People either love them, hate them or have no idea how to start using them.

I think feature flags can be very valuable if done well.

The pain points of mismanagement are real, but I’ve had many times when I wished there was a feature flag but wasn’t and never regretted creating one.

Recently, I’ve been advocating feature flags with a new group I’m working with. I thought I’d share my thoughts via a series of posts that, hopefully, this community will also find helpful.

- Decoupling Code Deployments from Launching Features: https://medium.com/itnext/feature-flags-for-the-win-decoupling-code-deployments-from-launching-727b7aea63be

This post is about how feature flags can be used to deploy new code “turned off” and where it makes sense to follow this approach.

- Implementing Feature Flags the Right Way: https://medium.com/itnext/implementing-feature-flags-the-right-way-74e9b1f31423

This post jumps into the implementation and a bit of a lifecycle of feature flags. The TL;DR is to create a constant that is turned off, add a dynamic flag that you can turn on, and set the constant to on once it's stable to make it semi-permanent. Then, come back and refactor it all away.

- System vs. User Flags and When to Use Them: https://medium.com/itnext/system-vs-user-flags-and-when-to-use-them-b7fa0ace2315

I always see folks lump feature flags that change user behavior and flags that change system behavior together. But I firmly believe these are two things that must be managed differently.


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Deploy Angular or React apps to Cloudflare Pages using GitHub Actions

I just published a quick guide that walks through deploying a front-end app (Angular or React) to Cloudflare Pages using GitHub Actions for CI/CD.

If you're looking for a simpler alternative to S3 + CloudFront or want to set up blazing-fast, globally distributed static hosting, this might help.

Read the blog here: https://blog.prateekjain.dev/deploy-angular-react-apps-on-cloudflare-pages-9212e91a55d5?sk=b5c890d3632842c6c474b8d4ec7f70ad

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Sustainable Development Requires Investing in Quality (Reflection Article)

Hey everyone,

I just shared an article that might resonate with many here. It's about how Lean and XP practices focused on quality — like test automation, trunk-based development, and fast feedback — enable sustainable speed in delivery.

It’s part of a broader series about applying Lean Software Development in the real world, especially across platform and product teams.

Would love to hear how others in DevOps or Platform roles are approaching sustainable speed.

🔗 Quality as the Foundation of Sustainable Development

📚 Full series overview: Lean Software Development in Practice

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What API Management issues do you have?

I am a product manager working on an API Management Solution (API Platform). I want to collect feedback from APIM users about their pain points and frustrations while managing their API lifecycle and working with existing APIMs. I would appreciate any feedback you can give me.

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Ever hit a point where you’re just... burned out?

Some days, I genuinely love working in cloud—building stuff and learning new services.

Other days, it’s like:

17 tabs open
IAM policies mocking me
Terraform yelling about some tiny diff
And I'm questioning every career choice I've made

It’s wild how something so exciting can also feel so mentally exhausting.

Do you ever hit that wall where your brain says “no more YAML today”?
What do you do to reset when cloud fatigue hits?

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kubectl 1.33 now allows setting up kubectl aliases and default parameters natively

The Kubernetes 1.33 introduces an alpha feature`kuberc`, a feature for managing `kubectl` client-side configurations. This allows for a dedicated file (e.g., `~/.kube/kuberc`) to define user preferences such as aliases and default command flags, distinct from the primary `kubeconfig` file used for cluster authentication.

This can be useful for configurations like:

* Creating aliases, for example, `klogs` for `kubectl logs --follow --tail=50`.
* Ensuring `kubectl apply` defaults to using `--server-side`.
* Setting `kubectl delete` to operate in interactive mode by default.

For those interested in exploring this new functionality, a guide detailing the enabling process and providing configuration examples is available here: [https://cloudfleet.ai/blog/cloud-native-how-to/2025-05-customizing-kubectl-with-kuberc/](https://cloudfleet.ai/blog/cloud-native-how-to/2025-05-customizing-kubectl-with-kuberc/)

What are your initial thoughts on the `kuberc` feature? Which aliases or default overrides would you find most beneficial for your workflows?

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How hard it will be to find a devops role in EU

Hey! I am working in Cyprus in a reputable company as a DevOps engineer with 3 YEO and several AWS certs. I need to be sponsored by the company to be able to work in the EU as am not an EU passport holder. Is it that hard to find DevOps roles in the EU whether its hybrid or onsite or fully remote?

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Gitlab Duo Workflow - Thoughts?

Anyone trying the beta? Seems pretty interesting alternative to other tools out there for an existing Gitlab customer vs paying for Cursor etc. I really like the ability for automation throughout the CI/CD pipeline which is much more value add than just code suggestion.

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What’s the most innovative tasks you have implemented in your job

I would love to hear from your experiences.
For me, one of the most impactful things I did was integrating Atlantis with terraform. We configured it so that changes only get applied after MR approval, which tightened our infra change process.

P.S I know above task might seem straightforward, want to learn from others

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