7 Open Source Diagram-as-Code Tools You Should Try Blog

I've always struggled with maintaining cloud architecture diagrams across teams—especially as infrastructure changes fast. So I explored 7 open-source Diagram-as-Code tools that let you generate diagrams directly from code.

If you're looking to automate diagrams or integrate them into CI/CD workflows, this might help!

Read it here: https://blog.prateekjain.dev/d13d0e972601?sk=4509adaf94cc82f8a405c6c030ca2fb6

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Is DevOps still a good career path in 2025 for a new computer engineering graduate?

Hi everyone,
I’m about to graduate with a degree in computer engineering, and I’m exploring different career paths in tech. I know that some fields are more affected by AI than others in terms of job demand and salary.

I’m curious about DevOps in particular.
• Is DevOps still a good field to get into in 2025?
• Has it been significantly affected by AI?
• Would you recommend going into DevOps as a new graduate?
• Does it still offer good job opportunities and salaries compared to other fields?

I’d really appreciate any advice or insight.

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Devops tasks for self learning

Hello devops engineers,
I am here for a little help. I am working as a devops engineer(on prem). Its my first job. And I am implementing policies and procedures with my manager for fintech firm. It is in its initial phase. I have implemented many things.
CICD (jenkins)
Hashicorp vault
Grafana
Containerization(docker)
IAM keycloak
Documentation tool
Upgrading mysql versions and replication
Shifting environments(UAT and QA) from windows to linux.
I am looking for cloud projects so that I can learn from it.
If you are a freelancer and working on any cloud project and need assistant. I am here to assist.
If any student needs help in his cloud project then I am also available for this.

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Offering Free Help: Azure/Terraform/Python DevOps Engineer Looking for Real Projects to Build Experience

Hi I am trying to gain Hands on experience
I hold 10 years of experience in IT operations,Devops support
I got azure architect and terraform associate certs and know containerization and Kubernetes
I am willing to gain experience and contribute for free.Based out of Canada

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Specialise or diversify?

Hi all,

I have 4 yoe in public Cloud at one company which I joined through a training scheme. I’ve worked my way up to a more senior role, which I’ve just recently taken on.

My role is focused on Kubernetes admin. But there has been a lot of design as well because the platform is new, and I joined the team at the start of it- it’s 2 yrs in the making and going live early next year.

I also got a job offer for a senior SRE role externally. The application looks really interesting and is very large scale and has visibility. It would be good on my CV.

The main trade offs of taking it are - I would lose time off, and some other benefits, and the pay is slightly less and cannot be negotiated.

The other thing is I’d have to start potentially just 4 months after getting promoted.

Let me know if it’s worth it to diversify for someone in my position or if it’s better to continue to specialise and see the rest of the project through to production?

Thanks!

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Go-to Salesforce DevOps tool?

Hey guys! Part of a small team trying to streamline our Salesforce deployment process. Been juggling multiple sandboxes and regular audit requirements, and honestly so frustrated with change sets.


Looked into some of the usual names like Copado and Gearset but some of the pricing/models feel like more than we need. Been testing out some lighter git-based tools (tried Blue Canvas recently and it's been solid so far) but I haven't seen many people here talk about Salesforce-specific pipelines so thought it was worth a shot to ask.

Just wondering if anyone else here is managing devops on Salesforce and what tools or workflows you're using (especially around version control, rollback, or minimizing production issues).

Would love to hear what has (and hasn't) worked for you.

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If not devops then what to do as fresher?

I posted a reddit post few days ago regarding devops . If devops engineer post requires experienced professionals then what are the other job roles (not the saturated ones) i should study for to get a job as fresher. I have good understanding of networking,OS,linux,git,docker . I am trying to get a job in 6-7 months in europe.


Please drop some advice it would be beneficial.

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spent 3 hours fixing a UI glitch… only to realise my browser zoom was at 110%

was working on a layout that looked totally broken, text misaligned, buttons overflowing
tried tweaking flexbox, margins, paddings, even rewrote chunks of the css
still broken

asked Chatgpt, deepseek, blackbox ai, gemini and what not, got frekin clever suggestions
none of it worked

finally I opened it on my phone, and it looked perfect
checked my laptop's browser settings… zoom was at 110%! 🤦
reset to 100%, layout was totally fine

3 hours gone because of zoom
now ctrl + 0 is the first thing I type before opening my browser when vs code is open

Dev life is wild, anyone else lost time to this kind of dumb stuff?

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I’m the only DevOps engineer at my startup — underpaid and overwhelmed. Need advice.

Hey folks,

I joined a startup about a year ago, fresh out of college, and somehow became the only DevOps engineer on the team. Since then, I’ve been handling everything, including:

End-to-end deployments

Infrastructure setup and maintenance

Production migrations

Monitoring, alerting, and incident handling

Writing and maintaining internal documentation

Managing SOC2 compliance and security reviews

Supporting releases and hotfixes, even during weekends


I report directly to the CTO. There’s no one above or alongside me in DevOps — I’ve been solo from the start. They've tried hiring more experienced engineers, but none have stuck around.

Despite the level of responsibility, I’m getting paid less than what interns/freshers typically earn at big tech companies. I stayed this long for the learning experience, but it’s becoming unsustainable. I’m also preparing for the CKA certification and trying to upskill constantly.

Given this setup and responsibility, what should I realistically expect to be paid?
How do I approach this conversation without sounding entitled, especially as a fresher?

Would love insights from others who’ve worked in early-stage startups or been in similar roles.

Thanks!

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Haproxy ingress is throttling based on IP

Okay so I'm putting this out here for anyone that needs it in the future, because I couldn't find any documentation for it.

One of my apps requires people to upload large chunks of data, they usually do it in a row from the same computer.

It was working fine until we were migrating to haproxy form nginx.

After uploading roughly 1 GB of data, the upload would be throttled to a painstaking slow speed.

I couldn't find a solution, and migrating back to nginx for this app solved the issue immediately.

The throttling is done by default, I didn't change anything.

Just in case someone out there a year from now had trichotillomania because of something similar, and wants to know why

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Contribute! Open Source DevOps Resource Hub – Looking for Contributors (Frontend, Docs, and More)

I maintain an open source project called DevOps – Learn by Doing, which curates hands-on, practical DevOps and SRE resources. I’ve just opened several beginner-friendly issues for anyone interested in contributing, whether you want to help with the static website, documentation, link validation, or resource curation.

No prior OSS experience required—happy to help onboard anyone new!

Issues link: https://github.com/dth99/DevOps-Learn-By-Doing/issues

If you’re interested, check out the issues or drop a comment/DM. All contributions and feedback welcome—let’s make DevOps learning more accessible together!




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AI code is creating so many bugs - fighting fire with fire.

Disclaimer: Im a data scientist and building an open source tool in my spare time to reduce production bugs - i'm linking to the GitHub for those interested.

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I got thrown onto a project where I had to set up infra in Azure and keep things running smoothly. Spoiler: It was my first time and was massively out of my depth.

To make things worse, junior devs were pumping out PRs full of LLM-generated code - massive changes, minimal oversight. Pressure to ship meant PR reviews got rubber-stamped, testing became a checkbox, and guess what? Bugs flooded into prod.

(In retro, better review processes are the solution but that is not always possible).

Suddenly I was the one expected to fix everything. Azure’s native logs were a nightmare to work with, and the project was too small to justify spinning up something heavy like Datadog or Grafana.

So I built my own thingy - a lightweight tool to help me parse logs with LLMs, raise issues, and make sense of what the hell was going wrong. It saved me a heap of time and avoided scrambling round in ugly log tables.

It's far from perfect - but it's a start!

It’s open source and works with Loki/Prometheus/K8. Would love brutal feedback if anyone checks it out or has faced similar firestorms.

GitHub: https://github.com/dingus-technology/CHAT-WITH-LOGS

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DevOps toolchains keep getting messier, do you feel the same?

I’m working on a project focused on simplifying cloud infrastructure management, and one thing I keep noticing is how fragmented the toolchains have become.

While trying to explain the problem to colleagues and stakeholders, I sketched out two common scenarios:

The first one: every stage of the DevOps cycle (CI, CD, IaC, monitoring, policy, etc.) has its own tool. Jenkins here, Terraform there, Prometheus, New Relic, a hundred custom pipelines and scripts. Each team ends up gluing things together their own way.

The second one: Ops is centralized. Infrastructure is managed as reusable, standardized building blocks. Dev teams can focus on code without rebuilding environments or worrying about compliance every time.

Not saying one is right and the other is wrong, just curious how much this kind of fragmentation actually impacts your teams.

What’s your take on automating the Ops side to simplify all these integrations and give developers a ready-to-use environment?

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DevOps Job Market Germany

Hi,

I'm reading here all the time that the devops job market is dead, but I assume, most people here are located in the US. Does anyone have any insights or experience about the situation in Germany right now? I'm finding quite a lot of job listings for devops engineers, also for junior level, so I'm wondering.

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Getting good past the entry point?

I just survived the classic "throw a junior into devops and see what happens". Finished my first year n this position and \~3 years working total. I think I handled it well. With an understaffed team and no mentoring, Ive finished rewriting CI/CD pipelines, documenting, doing cluster upgrades solo, handling production environments and security etc.. Team lead and devs are all impressed and happy of my work.

I hope ive gotten past the basics and want to get more specialized/better/improve. What do I look into next? The infra I work on is purely on-prem, so I have 0 cloud exposure, but I have a deep love for security and thinking about getting certified and specialized.

My end goal is to move from this place, (obviously getting underpayed) and going to a different country is veryyy important to me, but,,, job market etc. you know how it is.

So jumping "early", getting security certs, and doing some cloud options. Whats the best path to becoming that grey haired in demand IT expert. I want to put in the work and effort, I just know that this job and country isn't one that would get me there.

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Multiple Malicious Packages Discovered on PyPI, npm, and RubyGems

A new wave of malicious packages has been uncovered across major package repositories: PyPI, npm, and RubyGems. These packages, many seeded years ago, target developers through typosquatting and brandjacking tactics, which are mimicking legitimate libraries to steal crypto funds, delete source code, and harvest sensitive data (including Telegram messages).

Most affected packages were found in PyPI, especially those impersonating Solana-related tools. Some even hid malware behind nested dependencies and used monkey-patching to stay hidden. Npm packages targeted Ethereum and BSC, and a few RubyGems intercepted Telegram API traffic.

The attacks are still unfolding. If you're pulling from public registries, now’s a good time to double-check your dependencies.

Full write-up and package list here:
https://cloudsmith.com/blog/multiple-malicious-packages-discovered-on-pypi-npm-and-rubygems

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What’s a “cloud best practice” you completely ignore.....and why?

We all know the rules:

* Don’t hardcode secrets
* Tag everything
* Separate prod and dev
* Write clean Terraform with modules and locals
* Use least privilege IAM roles...

And yet... real-world pressure hits, and suddenly you’re pasting a static secret just to get a demo working 😅

For me, i still don’t always set up full logging and monitoring for non-prod environments. I know i should… but deadlines always win.

What’s your cloud sin?

What “best practice” do you skip in the real world......and what’s your excuse?



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Need some advice on project based learning

It's been 2-3 weeks since I have started learning devops. I have covered the basics of linux, shell scripting, networking and docker. I suffered a one week gap due to other commitments but I want to get back now. I need someone who has any experience and knows more than me to tell me what projects to do for each of these and also for learning a cloud service (AWS). I believe project based learning is better compared to the likes of tutorials. Would anyone please take some of their time out and help with this, it would be much appreciated!

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Bash Secrets I Learned From 10 Years of Production Hell

Hey all,

I wrote an article about my learnings from 10 years of working as a DevOps in critical production systems. I would love if any of you can read it and give me your impressions - and more importantly, I would love to hear from you - What's the worst production incident you've had with a bash script?

The link to the article is: https://medium.com/@heinancabouly/bash-secrets-i-learned-from-10-years-of-production-hell-93fe1dbff12a?source=friends\_link&sk=5e84b93dfede7fec6ec1675aea6f9bd8

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Help /Advice for learning k8s the hard way !

hey everyone, i’m planning to try kubernetes the hard way (https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way) and was wondering if anyone here has gone through it. if you have, i’d really appreciate it if you could share your experience, especially how you set it up (locally or on the cloud). i was hoping to do it locally, but it seems like my asus s15 oled might not meet the hardware requirements. so if you’ve successfully done it either way, your insights would be a big help. also, do you think it's still worth doing in 2025 to deeply understand kubernetes, or are there better learning resources now?

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Need an overview

Well I just graduated with a degree in computer science with a strong base in C, C++, and a little bit of JavaScript. I have no prior working experience but I have made group projects solo with tight deadlines quite a lot of time in University.


DevOps always fascinated me a lot, so immediately after my last exam, I got the IBM coursera Beginners course (3 DAYS BEFORE THIS POST).


I have decided to get a fundamental level of knowledge in DevOps, become hands-on on tools like Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Terraform, etc, get an AWS certification separately, and someone from industry told me to also get CCNA as well.

But after going through the comment section here on some posts, I am reevaluating my decision to start as a DevOps Engineer.

I was once also interested in CRM/ERP based career paths(Dynamics 365, SAP, Salesforce, etc),
I think I do have a really strong understanding of Information Security as well. But the it has very weak career options with little to no jobs being provided where I am from.

I wanted to get my DevOps, AWS, CCNA certification and then start doing leetcode + SQL revision to get placed somewhere.
After getting that certification, either I plan to learn Java Springboot or .NET core, along with JavaScript as it is a MUST these days,
so I have a backend backed with DevOps career.


Should I go for it? Should I do something else/ change my plan? Can someone shed some light on this. I am open to every sort of comment/ instructions.

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