Suggestions for Observability & AIOps Projects Using OpenTelemetry and OSS Tools

Hey everyone,

I'm planning to build a portfolio of hands-on projects focused on Observability and AIOps, ideally using OpenTelemetry along with open source tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Jaeger, etc.

I'm looking for project ideas that range from basic to advanced and showcase real-world scenarios—things like anomaly detection, trace-based RCA, log correlation, SLO dashboards, etc.

Would love to hear what kind of projects you’ve built or seen that combine the above.

Any suggestions, repos, or patterns you've seen in the wild would be super helpful! 🙌

Happy to share back once I get some stuff built out!

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How to actually think as a DevOps and cloud engineer?

I'm new to this, 22 years old, graduated 2 weeks ago. I somehow managed to get my GCP Associate, AZ-104, SC-900, learned some tools and all, but I dunno... I still feel like I'm nothing.

I know you'll say "do projects and real things," but let's be honest , we all use AI or watch some tutorial from existing cloud architecture. Like, I dunno, I feel like I'm not a real engineer.

I want to actually think like a DevOps/cloud engineer but I'm struggling with imposter syndrome here. How do you move from just following tutorials to actually understanding and creating solutions and have that real thinking ?

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multiple net interfaces handling

hi recently I was thinking about following case:

I have a linux destop machine that is plugged to network A via eth cable and has enabled wlan that connect to network B. both interfaces are up and runnig. How do I know what interface is currently used f.e. when I open the browser and enter a site or execute apt in terminal ?

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Seen lot of good things about kodecraft. But price is too high for an unemployed person from india

Hi,
I have been a lurker here. Commented here and there. There is two website I can see popping up in comment, Kodecloud and kodecraft. While kodecloud is good for learning, but I saw kodecraft provides handson experience. Coming from a economically challenged background 97$ looks too much each month in price parity. Is there any way to get any discount in price?

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How do you use Go for scripting?

Dear Problem Solvers,

I use Bash, Python and JS at work and I kinda like the ability to call an npx command for something I’ve scripted in nodejs. It personally helps me a lot with pipelines and automation.

But I’m rather new in Go, and I was wondering how I could be using it for my tasks. Any tips or examples from your work?

Do you always need to do a “go build” in an earlier step on the pipeline to use that?

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A growing wave of “AI SRE” tools - Are they production ready?

Recently, I met with a startup founder (through Rappo) who is working on an "AI SRE" platform. That led me down a rabbit hole of just how many tools are popping up in this space.

BACCA.AI – Is the first AI-native Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to supercharge your on-call shift
 OpsVerse – Aiden, an agentic copilot that demystifies your DevOps processes
 TierZero – Your AI Infrastructure Engineer
 Cleric – The first AI for application teams that investigates like a senior SRE
 Traversal – Traversal is an AI-powered site reliability platform that automates root cause detection and remediation
 OpsCompanion – Chat-based assistant that streamlines runbooks and suggests resolutions.
 SRE.ai (YC F24) – AI agents automating DevOps workflows via natural language interfaces.
 parity-sre (YC) – World’s First AI SRE” for Kubernetes; auto‑investigates and triages alerts before engineers.
 Deductive AI – Code-aware reasoning engine building unified graphs to find root causes in petabytes of logs.
 Resolve AI – AI production engineer that cuts MTTR by 5x with autonomous troubleshooting.
 Fiberplane – Collaborative incident response notebooks, now supercharged with AI.
 RunWhen – 100x faster with Agentic AICurious to hear what the take is on these AI SRE tools?

Has anyone tried any of these? Also, are there any open-source alternatives out there?

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Proxmox-GitOps - a Self-configuring GitOps Environment for Container Automation in Proxmox VE

Hi everyone, I wanted to share my GitOps project for my homelab, a self-configuring CI/CD environment for Proxmox:
https://github.com/stevius10/Proxmox-GitOps

Proxmox-GitOps is built to manage and deploy LXC containers in Proxmox, fully defined as code and easy to modify via Pull Request. Consistent, modular, and dynamically adapting to changing environments and base configurations.

A single command (and accepting the Pull Request in the Docker environment, ha) bootstraps the recursive deployment:

- The Docker-based environment pushes its own codebase as a monorepo, referencing modular components (containers you define are automatically integrated as submodules), each integrated into CI/CD. This triggers the pipeline.
- The pipeline then triggers itself — updating references, enforcing state, and continuing recursively.

Provisioning is handled via Ansible using the Proxmox API. Configuration is managed with Chef/Cinc cookbooks focused on application logic.
Shared configuration is applied consistently across all services. Changes to the base system propagate automatically.
It’s easily extensible, aiming to have all containers built the same way. There’s an explanation of how to do this in the README of the repository.

This project is still young and there are most likely some bugs. I built it primarily for my own homelab, but I’d like to develop it further. Would really appreciate your input – even (or especially) if you run into issues.
Thank you in advance for any interest or feedback you have 🙂


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How many infra engineers you have for how many developers?

Hey all,

Wondering about scaling the infrastructure org in connection with how many product developers they serve.

When I say the infrastructure org, I mean SRE, Platform, devops, Tooling, Ops and every other team that takes care of stuff for the Product teams.

So how many people and team do you have in your company and how many product team and engineers are they servicing?

Of course I'm aware some companies are more infra intensive, happy to get more specific answers.


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Europe: Girlfriend finished IT degree with DevOps focus - can't land an entry job. Any advice?

Hey all,
My girlfriend moved to Europe (Austria) with me and recently finished a Bachelor’s in IT here to get her foot in the door. She came from a music education background (which she didn't enjoy doing at all) but switched to IT after getting inspired by my work and me (regretfully) saying that IT would always be a strong market (boy, was I wrong). I'm a senior software developer, but not in DevOps specifically.

She leaned toward DevOps during her studies (CI/CD, cloud, automation, etc.). She's not into programming-heavy roles but really liked the infrastructure/ops side of things.

Now she’s struggling to find a job. Even junior roles ask for 2–3 years of experience, or companies just end up hiring seniors instead. She has no internships or formal work experience, and the market seems brutal right now for beginners. I am specifically refering to the EU market here, as I assume that most people here are from the US.

Any advice?

* Are there real entry points into DevOps right now?
* Would cloud certs (AWS, Docker, etc.) help?
* Do self-built projects matter, or do companies only care about professional experience?
* Should she aim for sysadmin or cloud support roles instead?
* Is there any sign of the situation improving?

Thanks in advance. We’d appreciate any input or real-world advice!

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Dynamic Reverse Wireguard

Hello DevOps folks!
I want to share with you my exciting project which I had to develop because I live in Iran.

It all started after Israel and Iran war. Our internet was super slow for the first few days, and got worse everyday until we almost had 0 internet connection to outside.
I was trying my best to setup a working VPN but everything would be blocked withing a couple of hours.

But I saw something weird. For a Wiretuard setup, it was possible to have a working VPN, but only in a reverse setup, meaning server MUST have sent the handshake. The other way around (Handshakes from Iran to outside) was being blocked.

I've developed a simple python script which reverses the handshake process.
I've posted on this subreddit because this project was so exciting for me, I figured you guys would like it too.

It's kinda a dynamic reverse Wireguard VPN.

Github repo

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imo DevOps Market is still Great

Hi Folks,

I recently did only one job interview tbh out of boredom (2 stages) and got the offer (EU). 143k EUR TC (on-site) - it's okay for EU since we have lower salaries here than US, but that's not the point.

They told me they had about 50 candidates, but I have solid fundamentals and have kept my stack reasonably fresh. I do infrastructure and coding for my side project (shameless shoutout to prepare.sh), so it was relatively easy.

I started as full-stack, then worked in finance for 5 years, and moved back to tech in 2019. Compared to finance, this market is still great. Even during the best days in the financial sector, I was looking for months for ANY job, getting maybe 1-2 calls out of 300 applications.

By no means do I consider myself a great coder or architect - I'm okay at best. This makes me think there's either a great mismatch in expectations (e.g., people get heavily misled thinking they can pass a few certs, know "helm install," write basic CI/CD) or there's some other mystery, because every time I read Reddit, I see doom and gloom posts from people.

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Production support to Devops Switch

Hi All,

I have around 11 years of experience in production support, currently I am working in partial SRE role but I want to completely switch to a Devops role. Could you please guide me.

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How Do Big Cloud Providers Like AWS/DigitalOcean Build Their Infrastructure? Want to Learn and Replicate on a Small Scale

Hi all,
I’m really interested in learning how major cloud providers like AWS, GCP, Azure, or DigitalOcean set up their infrastructure from the ground up—starting from physical servers to running a full self-service cloud platform.

My goal is to eventually build my own version on a smaller scale where users can sign up, create VMs or databases, and be billed hourly—similar to what cloud providers offer. But before jumping in, I want to study and understand:
• What kind of software stack do big cloud providers use on bare metal?
• How do they manage virtualization, networking, storage, and tenant isolation?
• Which open-source tools (e.g., OpenStack, Proxmox, Harvester, etc.) are worth exploring?
• How are billing, metering, and provisioning automated?
• Any good resources (books, blogs, courses) to learn all of this from the ground up?

If anyone here has built something like this or works in infrastructure/cloud engineering, I’d love to hear your advice or learning path suggestions.
Thanks in advance!

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Idempotency in System Design: Full example

https://lukasniessen.medium.com/idempotency-in-system-design-full-example-80e9027e7bea

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Hi guys, need your suggestion and opinion on this project!

I was thinking to build an open source alternative for Control-M. I'm yet to plan this out but need to check whether it's any good of an idea.

I need to do some project for my resume as I'm quitting my job (don't like the work) and i would love if it was an actually useful one. I am not sure if this is the right sub to ask this question, but you guys seem really supportive.

Once again, even though it is a side hustle project I would be happy if it would be actually
Useful.

Please provide your valuable suggestions/inputs.

Thanks in advance,



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What do people use for monitoring/o11y? Why did you pick that provider?

Title says it all. I've tried most of them but I feel like I'm missing something-- most of these providers are painful to implement.

Super curious what people use, why you use it, and how you make it suck less


thanks all

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Live tech courses and training Platform

Hi DevOps community members. Whether you are swtiching into DevOps from a different career or a different domain in technology, a recent fresh graduate, upskilling your skills for your current work placement or attempting to get certified, Tutrx is launching a live online tutor marketplace.

For Students:
- experienced indsutry led instructors who bring real-world expertise to teach you in order to meet your needs and goals such as landing a job, tranisitoning into a new career, giving support to your current work or someone looking to get certified.
- will have hands on labs with demo data, quizes and assignments all created and made to improve your skills with practical knowledge and use cases from experienced instructors.
- For people who want to learn something quick like a trouble shooting problem or a quick solution, the platform will have 2 minute or less videos that give quick steps in solving technical problems.
- At Tutrx there are courses for everyone and design to host live classes to match your time schedule and availability around the world from anywhere.
- Courses will be matched to your skill level and how much prrior experience you have, so you will know what's the best pathway to go to meet your end goals.

Tutrx is not only designed for Students but also for Instructors who want to start teaching as a fulltime or part time at your own dedicated time.
For Teachers:
- Creating a course is as simple as 5 steps which you can create any style or format of course that meets your training guide.
- You can host 1 on 1 private sessions or a group classroom session all can be done with our customized video conferencing tool which has unlimited minutes.
- With this dedicated video conferencing tool, students and teachers can take notes, have video to text transcription, summarization with AI, remote control and many more features.
- Our platform gives you the ability to create any learning material and content easily such as Short Video builder to create shorts in minutes, quiz, assignments and lab builders to create practical lab and learning material. You can manage everything in your own dashboard, see metric and progress of your students and revenue generated.
- Get instant payouts with our partnered payment gateway so all you have to worry about is just the enjoyment of teaching.

Go see our platform features and sign up to be registered using the link below.

https://tutrx.org






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Automated before?

Has anyone faced numerous blockers when automating something, such as agent issues, firewall, logging, bamboo build fails etc etc? I've been working on something for almost 2 months and have a deadline but no matter what I do nothing is working after a developer added environment tests to the code and everything started skipping tests or more issues were created.
I use Amazon Q for code understanding and chatgpt if needed, but prefer one on one with my seniors to guide me. I've just been extremely stressed and worried about this it feels I'm getting nowhere and nobody understands that and I have everything documented but they don't want to read it.

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Serverless Scaling: Deploying Strands + MCP on AWS

Link:

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Node.js project deploying in Hostgator Shared Server?

I build a small node.js project, can i deploy it in hostgator shared server?

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Should I pivot to AI/MLOps or go deeper into platform engineering? (36M, 14 years in tech, feeling stuck)

Hey everyone, throwaway account for obvious reasons. I'm feeling pretty lost about my career direction and could really use some outside perspective.

**Background:**

* 36M, based in Madrid
* \~14 years in tech (started in network/security, transitioned to DevOps \~6 years ago)
* Currently Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer at a mid-size company
* Have experience with the usual stack: AWS/Azure/GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, etc.
* Currently finishing my Master's in AI (should be done by July)

**The problem:** I feel completely stagnated. I've been bouncing between companies every 1-3 years trying to find growth, but I keep ending up in similar roles doing similar work. The pay is decent but not amazing, and I honestly don't know what my next move should be.

Some days I think about:

* Going deeper into platform engineering/SRE
* Leveraging my AI Master's to pivot into MLOps/AI infrastructure
* Moving into management (though I have zero leadership experience)
* Maybe even switching to software development completely
* Looking into remote work for international companies (better pay?)

**What I'm struggling with:**

* I don't have a clear 5-year vision of where I want to be
* Not sure if I should specialize deeper or go broader
* Feel like I'm behind compared to peers who seem to have clearer paths
* Impostor syndrome is real - sometimes feel like I'm just copying configurations without truly innovating
* Market seems super competitive right now, especially in Europe

**Questions:**

1. For those who made it to senior+ levels in DevOps/Platform Engineering - what differentiated you?
2. Is it worth pursuing the AI/MLOps angle given my current background + upcoming Master's?
3. How do you know when it's time to pivot vs. when to stick it out and go deeper?
4. Any specific skills or certifications that actually matter for career progression?
5. Should I be looking internationally or focusing on local market?

I know this is pretty scattered, but I'm genuinely feeling lost and would appreciate any advice from people who've been through similar situations. Thanks in advance!

**TL;DR:** 14+ years in tech, currently DevOps, feeling stuck and unsure about next career moves. Need advice on specialization vs. pivoting, and general career direction.

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