Does anyone in the DevOps world uses Bash?

Hey all,

Just wondering - being a DevOps myself for 10 years (and using Bash daily), is anyone still using Bash that heavily in todays world?

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Should I talk to my manager about my interest in DevOps?

I've recently started learning more about devops and it's implementation, I want to switch to a devops role eventually and at our current startup there is no dedicated devops engineer, we all just deploy manually and because of this I have a good understanding of deployment and its errors, there is no proper CI CD pipeline or containerisation and so on, I'm a software engineer with 2 YOE working on spring boot application mainly at present. Now I know it's not realistic to switch I just want to ask for more responsibility in that regard so I can learn and implement and also build my career. Is this ok? Am I rushing things? I've only started learning since 2 days

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How to set up Bitnami PostgreSQL-HA for multi-cluster replication with one primary and others as replicas?

I'm trying to build a multi-cluster PostgreSQL HA setup using the Bitnami postgresql-ha Helm chart.

Objective:

Primary cluster runs full HA (read/write)

Secondary clusters act as read-only replicas and should automatically follow the primary

If the primary region fails, a secondary should be promotable (manually or automated)

No manual replication config like modifying pghba.conf, primaryconninfo, or mounting standby.signal

Constraints:

Helm-based setup only

Cross-cluster replication must work out of the box or with Helm values

Has anyone successfully implemented this kind of architecture using Bitnami's charts or other Kubernetes-native PostgreSQL HA stacks (e.g., Stolon, CloudNativePG, Crunchy)?

Would love any pointers, Helm examples, or architectural suggestions that avoid drifting into manual setup territory.

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AWS vs Azure Which Offers More Career Opportunities

I’m trying to decide which cloud provider to focus on. In terms of job market demand, growth potential, and career opportunities, which one offers more, AWS or Azure?

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How do you divide responsibility between devs and ops for cluster instances vs app instances?

For companies that are striving for developer self-service where devs manage the app concerns and ops manage the lower level infra concerns, I have the following question:

How do you think about dividing responsibility between developers and ops for cluster instances vs app instances?

To me, it makes sense that developer should manage application cpu/memory and min/max instance count. But the cluster must be able to support that with sufficient instance sizes and count. So do you have the developers manage that too? Or do ops manage that, setting an upper bound on the limit. And to go beyond that, developers have to collaborate with ops to get that increased? Or something else like automatically set cluster max based on all the application max instance count?

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Need Help with DevOps Resume & Job Search


Hi all,
I’m a backend developer (2.5 years, C/C++, Linux) moving into DevOps. I’ve done some personal projects and got an AWS cert

Now I need help with:

What to put in experience section as I don't have devops exp in my current organisation

Making my resume DevOps-friendly

How to apply without real DevOps work experience

What kind of roles to target first


Any tips would be really helpful. Thanks!

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Is DevOpsDays as a Noob worth it?

Hi, I saw there is a DevOpsDays event in my city coming soon, and recently the company I’m working at which is a startup offered me to be the DevOps for the team which I’m pretty excited about. However I don’t have that much experience, just a bit with AWS, I’ve been a developer for 2 years now. I was wondering if I ended up going to this DevOpsDays would I be lost during all the conferences or do you think I would be able to learn from them? I’ve never been to a conference before so I don’t know what they are like. Any recommendations?

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What non-technical DevOps / DX practices do you value most in your team?

Hello everyone,

after jumping from a ~5 person dev team to a ~100 person dev team recently and experiencing a different kind of team dynamic, I’ve been thinking a lot about the soft side of DevOps and DX, beyond just tooling and automation.

What are the softer and non-technical practices that your team adopted that made you happy as a dev? For example:

- how do you share business contexts and best practices
- how do you handle docs
- how do you get new devs up to speed and support them
- do you foster an engineering culture that pursues quality
- do you have someone you can always turn to for help

Curious to hear your good or bad experiences!




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Nuclei templates with AI

I would like to know about the increasing popularity of certain tools within the security domain, particularly in light of these agentic AI code editors and coding assistant LLMs. So, as of now my focus is on the use of Nuclei templates to automate the detection of vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs. How effectively can agentic AI or LLMs assist in writing Nuclei templates and has anyone successfully used these tools for this purpose?

So, i have a swagger specification and a postman collection of APIs although I know how to write Nuclei templates but I'm more curious if any LLMs or AI-based code editors could help me in this process. I understand that human intervention would still be necessary but even generating a base structure let's say, a template for detecting SQL injection would allow me to modify the payloads sent to the web application or specific API endpoints.

I would appreciate any insights from those currently using agentic AI code editors or LLMs to write nuclei templates and what the best practices are for leveraging such AIs in this context specifically

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Always the same?

We run our applications on openshift and as a devops guy I write the kubernetes deployment for applications and I do all the ops stuff. The deployment code is always the same: A bunch of deployments, secrets, cm, services etc. you need to template and a bunch of bash and python scripts chained together. Incidents are the same: „let’s write some simple queries in splunk or Prometheus to find the issue and then either write a simple fix like changing a config value we just googled or add a Prometheus alarm“
Every application feels same. It really doesn’t matter if it’s some data intensive application, an online shop or whatever.
I feel like no matter which technology I picked I only scratched the surface but can solve anything and there is no need to go deeper.

Am I the only one that feel so?





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Automations within mid-size DevOps for Non-Technical users

Hey everyone,
I talked to a lot of non-technical folks working within DevOps teams - especially in smaller orgs - and noticed a few recurring pain points when it comes to automating workflows:

1. Tools like Zapier or n8n are harder to maintain. If someone builds a workflow and then leaves the team, it becomes a black box - especially for team members without a technical background.
2. Many automations live outside the team’s main communication tools (Slack, Teams, etc.), which makes them feel disconnected and hard to trigger or modify in context.
3. There’s often no visibility into what the automation is actually doing unless you go dig into it. This makes trust and debugging harder.

We’ve been building something in this space that’s focused on natural language-based, context-aware automations that live inside tools like Slack/Discord/Google Teams so even non-technical users can trigger, inspect, and edit automations from where they already work.

I am still trying to more feedback and get some thoughts:

What’s your experience with automation tools in small or mid-size DevOps teams?
What’s worked, what hasn’t?



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Hiring Looking for a part time devops expert in Azure


Looking for a devops engineer who can support us with our infrastructure needs on Azure. Expertise in Azure, CI/CD and terraform required. Our infra is almost all set, so at this point, it would be a support role to launch new environments , enhance existing ones and assist engineers with issues. Fully remote. Comp rate of $50+ ph.

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ever tried fixing someone else's AI generated code?

i had to debug a React component written entirely by an AI (not mine tho), looked fine at first
but buried inside were inconsistent states, unused props, and a weird loop causing render issues
took me longer to fix it than it would've taken to just write from scratch

should we actually review every line of ai output like human code?
or just trust it until something breaks?

how deep do you dig when using tools like Cursor, chatgpt, blackbox etc. in real projects?

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Anyone using AI tools (Copilot, transpilers, ) to generate or translate SDKs across languages??

Hi all, I’m working on a multi-language SDK and running into the usual headaches of having to translate logic and code samples across different programming languages.

I’ve tried a few AI tools like Copilot and some code converters. They’re helpful for snippets or boilerplate, but I’ve found they break down fast when the code gets more complex or when I need something production-ready.

Are you using any AI tools to help with SDK generation or language translation? How is your experience so far???

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ClickOps to Chatops

A lot of Devops people hate the UI abstraction over tf and k8s.. we say it as ClickOps..but as we are moving towards mcps and agents.. we are moving towards chatOps.. just wanted to get a sentiment around chatOps.. or it's worse than ClickOps..

In my company weirdly I have a a/b testing situation.. some senior practitioners really like using those Devops automation platforms during poc.. and the junior most are very anti UI.. is it just the experience or something else playing here?

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Transitioning into Infra/Platform/MLOps from SWE. Seeking advice!

Hi all,

I’m currently working as a contractor at fin-tech company, mostly focused on Python-based automation, testing, and deployment work. Before this I worked for roughly 3.5 years in Cisco and eBay as a backend engineer on SpringBoot and JS. While I’m comfortable on the development side, I’ve realized that I don’t want to pursue a purely backend developer role long-term.

Instead, I’m really interested in transitioning into Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or MLOps — ideally roles that support large-scale systems, AI workloads, or robust automation pipelines.

Here’s my current situation:

Decent in Python scripting/automation
Familiar with CI/CD basics, Git, Linux, and some AWS
On an H1-B visa and based in the Bay Area
Looking for a well-paying full-time role within the next 4 months
Actively upskilling in cloud, containers, Terraform, K8s, and ML model deployment

What I’d love help with:

What concrete steps should I follow to break into these roles quickly?
Any suggestions for resources, courses, or certs that are actually worth the time?
Which companies are best to target for someone with this trajectory?
What should I focus on most in a compressed 4-month timeline?
How much Leetcode or system design prep should I do given the nature of these roles?

Any honest advice — especially from those who’ve made similar pivots or are already in these roles — would be super appreciated.

Thanks in advance!


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Retention vs switch

posting on someone's behalf

Current role Azure cloud engineer, 4.5 yoe
Got an offer from infy (same role) at 12LPA

Current organisation TCS matched the offer,
Promised promotion next quarter with decent hike (10 to 15 percent), and probable onsite next year (Canada)

Should I stay or switch?

Please give some rationals too,

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How Can Fresher Enter in Devops

Please suggest any good career guidance
I don't know what to do
Can anyone suggest what i learn
Which skill is good for me


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What's your ideal development environment and CI setup pattern ?

Hi there, I wonder how you manage (ideally automate) development environment and CI setup ?

I'm specificallty talking about:
- Tools installation and setup like kubectl, Helm and plugins, etc. with minimal drift: ensuring the same version and config is used everywhere
- Secrets like AWS credentials, passwords, tokens, etc. and securing them from end to end
- Reproduciblity between local and CI, ensuring developer have all the same config and something similar is also running on CI (or that devs can reproduce something happening on CI easily on their local machine)

I've seen quite a lot of methods out there: Dev containers, magical shell script, Nix for the most courageous...

Add a comment (or upvote existing comment) with your favourite / ideal setup pattern, I'll edit here with a summary !


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How do you usually answer the question "when will you have this task finished?"

Especially when your not sure what is involved such like during a replatforming or migrating a service. It's not a straightforward task.

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How much do you actually worry about cloud lock-in?

Every time people talk about cloud architecture, the lock-in topic shows up. But I honestly don’t know if it’s a real concern for folks in the trenches… or just something that looks scary in design docs but gets ignored in practice.

Like:

You use super convenient managed services (Pub/Sub, DynamoDB, S3, etc.)
Your IaC is tightly coupled to a single provider
You rely on vendor-specific APIs and tooling (CloudWatch, custom IAM policies…)

Then one day you think: what if I need to move to a different cloud? Or even back on-prem? How painful is that exit, really?

A few open questions:

Do you actually worry about lock-in, or just roll with it until it bites?
Ever had to migrate from one cloud to another? How did that go?
Have you found any realistic ways to avoid lock-in without making life harder?

Genuinely curious: trying to figure out if this is a real concern or just anxious architect syndrome.

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