My company put me in devops and I don't like it

Hi, I'm just 22 and now recently joined my first company in IT. I always had a interest in programming and creating apps and websites for the last four years. My company had a training in full stack with cloud and everything so i naturally thought I'll be in the appdev team but they put me in the devops team now. I don't like this at all. The main reason is that i still don't really understand what devops is. They won't switch me to another team until a year or two. I'm still gonna do it because it's a high paying job but I'm afraid I'll lose my love for programming because of this. So maybe convince me this is not so bad and help me feel better ig.

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How do you keep up with fast-changing tech trends without burning out?

\#TechTrends #ITCommunity #ContinuousLearning

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FREE StackBuilder Workshop: From Prompt to Production-Ready Infrastructure
Live Demo of Intent-Driven Infrastructure Provisioning with Built-in Governance

Register here: https://stackgen.com/stackbuilder-workshop

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Reddit always gives the most honest feedback. Any thoughts/feedback on our new homepage

I know Reddit is probably the best place to get honest (and sometimes brutally honest 😅) feedback, so I wanted to put this out there.

I’m the marketing lead at kuberns.com, a platform we’re building for developers and DevOps teams. It makes deployment easy and yo can deploy any projects in one click with AI. also it uses AI to help optimize cloud infrastructure and one of the main things we’re focused on is helping teams save on cloud costs (we’ve been seeing \~40% savings on AWS).

We just revamped our homepage to make the value clearer, but honestly, when you're this close to the product, you stop seeing it with fresh eyes.

If you have a minute, I’d love your thoughts on:

Does the homepage explain what Kuberns is and does, clearly?
Is anything confusing, too buzzwordy, or missing?
Does it feel relevant / helpful to someone in dev or DevOps?
First impressions in general, good, bad, whatever.

Not trying to pitch or sell anything, just looking to learn from people who live and breathe this stuff every day. Even one-line feedback would mean a lot.

Thanks so much!

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Best guardrails to keep cloud costs from spiraling as we grow?

We’re a fast-growing startup and our AWS bill is starting to outpace revenue. Stack is mostly EKS, RDS, and S3, plus Glue + Athena for data jobs. Last month a few heavy queries and misconfigured jobs doubled our bill in a single shot.

For teams that scaled quickly, what guardrails actually worked? (e.g. tagging + cost allocation, quotas, auto-scaling configs, query monitoring, FinOps tooling). Any tips on balancing delivery speed and not waking up to a massive bill?

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Am I crazy?

Our dev ops engineer can make pipelines. That’s great. But when it comes to a repo and branches. He knows almost nothing. Is that normal? I always considered branches and repo management the core of dev ops.

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What are metrics in OpenTelemetry: A Complete Guide

A comprehensive guide to understanding metrics in OpenTelemetry. What they are, how they work, and how to implement them effectively with practical code examples.

https://oneuptime.com/blog/post/2025-08-26-what-are-metrics-in-opentelemetry/view


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Building an AI-Powered Code Reviewer with MCP (Part 1)

Hi everyone,

I recently published the first part of a series on building an AI-powered code reviewer using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This article dives into designing a scalable architecture that integrates GitHub, Large Language Models (LLMs), and MCP to automate code reviews while ensuring compliance and data security.

Key Highlights:

System Design: Integrating GitHub, MCP Server, and LLMs for automated code reviews.

Compliance Considerations: Addressing GDPR and Intellectual Property concerns when using external LLM APIs.

Scalability: Ensuring the solution scales across multiple repositories and teams.

This is Part 1 of a series. Stay tuned for the upcoming hands-on implementation guide!

👉 Read the full article here: https://medium.com/@yassine.ramzi2010/building-an-ai-powered-code-reviewer-with-mcp-part-1-36f68906f900

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Building Tool to Automate Cloud Security and Compliance with AI Fixes (OSS core)

Hey r/devops,

Manually checking cloud configs for security and compliance is a pain; think misconfigured S3 buckets or chasing CIS benchmarks across AWS, GCP, and Azure. A few months ago [Kexa.io](https://kexa.io) has been released, an open-source tool to automate these checks using simple YAML rules. (project incubated at Euratechnologies Cyber Campus)

We recently added a web interface and some AI-powered features:

* **AI Remediation**: After a scan, Kexa generates step-by-step fixes (e.g., AWS CLI commands to lock down an S3 bucket failing a CIS check).
* **Multi-Agent Support**: Run local agents in your VMs for real-time monitoring.
* **Coming Soon**: AI to suggest or create rules tailored to your cloud setup.

The open-source core is free and handles scanning, rule creation, and alerts. There’s also a premium version (4urcloud.eu) with the web UI and AI features for teams needing more automation.

What’s the biggest issues you face with cloud security or compliance? Any features you’d love from a tool like this?

I'd love to hear your feedbacks, also if you like you can star the project on github for support : kexa/kexa-io

Thanks reddit !

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I am building a command hub for Windows — run and control everything from the keyboard

So I am building a tool that acts like a command hub with powerful(programmable) shortcuts, fast search, and simple controls all in one place.

With it, I can:

Launch apps, files, or websites instantly

Create workflows (open multiple things with a single hotkey)

Control general system actions (Mic, audioSources, volume, brightness, shutdown, etc.)

A better and more rapid search

Stay fully in keyboard mode without reaching for the mouse

It’s free and made to just get out of your way.

Still Building it but soon it will be the daily driver.

Would love to hear your thoughts and advice

If you’d like to try it early or help shape the direction, I’ve put up a waitlist here: https://www.getriser.app/

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Commit hash pinning in GitHub Actions: secure, but at a cost

I looked into pinning actions by commit hash after CodeQL was flagging things left and right, and I noticed some tradeoffs that made me question this security best practice. Wrote a short post about my findings https://developerwithacat.com/blog/202508/github-actions-commit-hash-pinning-tradeoffs/

Wanted to share it here for feedback; I'm not in DevOps, but I somehow ended up often doing this kind of work in the last couple of product teams I've been in.

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I just wrote a small tool inspect kubernates

It's as small as it gets. Just using plain rust to interact with cluster. Instead using some closed source tools, it can be really helpful. Last time I checked lens was closed source. That's when I thought maybe I can write one too. But I was busy. But now I am almost unemployed to implement this, so I did.

Source code: https://github.com/maifeeulasad/kube-inspector

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Please help me from going insane with Backstage template development

Our enterprise uses a flavor of backstage. Our team builds templates and it's PAINFUL. PAINFUL. I've done everything I can to make it better, but dry run is broken for most actions, testing is horrifically difficult due to no retry or rollback functionality, and the tokenization syntax feels esoteric and difficult to test locally in a rapid fashion. Failed runs result in orphaned resources, broken links, etc. Lower quality AI models fail miserably when interacting with templates, but newer/more advanced ones (Gemini, Claude) do reasonably well but still need a lot of help. Templates can't be split up or nested so files are often 3000-5000+ lines. Please share ANYTHING that's helped you in building templates. I'm going absolutely insane.

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Tips on productivity and organization

I've recently been on a leave from work and will be going back soon. I want to change the way I work in terms of:

1. How I organize and plan my days
2. Productivity tips / any particular Mac apps that can help
3. Task management
4. Notes taking


Any tips on this are greatly appreciated. I would love to know what works for you.

Thanks

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Best practice for staging environments? Shared cloud? Everyone running locally?

What are you folks doing for staging environments? I feel like the perfect solution would be for everyone to be able to deploy to their own production-life environment in the cloud whenever they want. That's complicated though so it seems like the two more common options are:

1) Deploying locally to an environment that is similar to production but makes some compromises. Another downside of this is people may be less willing to do it for smaller changes if they don't want their machine tied up.

2) Deploying to a shared staging environment in the cloud. It's nice that it is possible for this to be very similar to production and doesn't tie up local machines but conflicts are inevitable which reduces the amount of smaller changes that get deployed and tested.

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Combining DevOps platforms with internal developer portals

I’ve been thinking about how different teams use platforms, and I’m curious to hear from others experience here.

In many companies, DevOps teams adopt or build platforms focused on infrastructure automation etc At the same time, developers benefit from IDPs that help them onboard faster, discover services, and get self-service tools.

Is it realistic to have a single platform (something like an IaC/DevOps-focused setup) that also doubles as an idp? Or are those two goals usually kept separate because they serve different audiences?

If you’ve seen or used platforms that try to cover both sides, what worked and what didn’t?

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3 Months to Prepare for a DevOps Job Switch : What Should I Prioritize?

My background:
- ~2.5 years of experience in Software Development for a DevOps CI/CD tool
- CKAD certified
- Not super strong in DSA yet

My Situation:
- I’ve decided to quit my current job. My 3-month notice period will run Oct–Dec 2025.
- I want to use this window to seriously prepare for a job switch into either a DevOps Engineer or Software Developer (DevOps-heavy) role.
- I have clarity issues: i like DevOps but in my current role its mainly development and not much on DevOps. (Dont know where to focus)

My Questions:
- If you had 3 months to prepare in my shoes, what would you focus on?
- What skills / projects actually make a difference in DevOps interviews?
- Any roadmaps, resources, or personal tips you’d recommend for someone at this career stage?
- If you’ve hired for these roles, what stood out to you in candidates?
- how much DSA is prioritised for Devops role


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OS presumptions - Python

Would you expect to find a version of Python on most stable, popular OSes?

I'm asking about the supported versions of Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Rocky/Alma, SUSE.

My presumption is that a version of Python will always be available on a system built with these OSes.

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5 DevOps interview questions that actually helped me prep

I failed my first few DevOps interviews. I learned about CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, configuration tools, and more, but the real questions weren't "What does this flag do in kubectl?" They were more scenario-based.

Over time, I noticed a pattern. The questions that really mattered were:

- Describe a time you debugged a production outage.

- How did you decide what to monitor?

- Describe your incident response process.

- What was the most painful deployment you've ever experienced? What changed since then?

- How do you collaborate with developers/QA when things get tough?

I started practicing these questions with the IQB interview question bank from beyz interview helper. This made me go beyond simply listing tools and actually explain what happened, what I did, and what changed.

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Trying to create a platform to reduce aws cloud bill

Hey guys ,

So I'm a devops engineer by profession, who has specialised in the cloud cost reduction for major companies, im planning to create a platform that will automate the RI/savings plan and rightsize instances and will charge a one time 20% on whatever the platform saves , it comes with the least privileged iam role to access cost explorer data and reseved instance marketplace that's it!! never any access to your instances , would you be willing to try this out in your organisation or for personal projects?

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