Tag: Devops and ci cd
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Devops in motion: Building with purpose in the code phase
Posted on July 31, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length long
Modern DevOps code phases require strategic branching (Trunk-Based, Git Flow, GitHub Flow) to balance speed and stability. Trunk-Based minimizes merge conflicts via feature flags, Git Flow structures releases with dedicated branches, and GitHub Flow streamlines CI/CD through pull requests. Each model impacts team velocity, release cadence, and operational overhead, necessitating alignment with organizational priorities. By Drew Grubb.
Tags devops-and-ci-cd product-and-design leadership-and-career frontend-and-mobile software-engineering
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The cost of Kubernetes cluster sprawl and how to manage it
Posted on July 27, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Kubernetes cluster sprawl occurs when organizations create numerous clusters without proper governance, undermining the platform's core benefits of automated deployment, scaling, and self-healing. This uncontrolled proliferation stems from Kubernetes' deployment simplicity combined with governance gaps, innovation pressure, and infrastructure complexity in multi-cloud environments. The resulting sprawl creates operational inefficiencies, security vulnerabilities through inconsistent configurations, and resource waste from abandoned clusters - ultimately leading to loss of visibility across the Kubernetes ecosystem. By Damon Garn, Cogspinner Coaction.
Tags devops-and-ci-cd leadership-and-career
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New Akka deployment options: elasticity on any infrastructure
Posted on July 25, 2025, Level advanced Resource Length medium
Akka's latest deployment options represent a significant evolution in distributed systems architecture, addressing long-standing challenges in transitioning from development to production environments. The introduction of self-managed nodes and self-hosted Platform regions extends Akka's "build once, deploy anywhere" philosophy while maintaining the framework's core technical advantages. By Tyler Jewell.
Tags architecture-and-apis devops-and-ci-cd cloud-and-infrastructure backend-development
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DIY Docker volume drivers: What's missing
Posted on July 6, 2025, Level advanced Resource Length medium
This post explores the limitations of the current Docker volume plugin ecosystem, emphasizing the difficulty in finding unprivileged solutions. The author details their journey in creating a custom volume plugin as a way to address this limitation. By Adam Faris.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure devops-and-ci-cd product-and-design software-engineering
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Docker's best-kept secret: How observability saves developers' sanity
Posted on July 6, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Observability is crucial for managing the increasing complexity of modern distributed software systems, especially those built with Docker containers and microservices. Traditional monitoring often falls short, leading to slow troubleshooting and increased Mean Time To Resolution (MTTR). End-to-end observability, particularly through distributed tracing, provides deep insights into system behavior, enabling proactive detection of performance issues and improved reliability. By Aditya Gupta.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure devops-and-ci-cd how-to
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How to run GUI-based applications in Docker
Posted on July 4, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Docker is commonly used for server-side and command-line apps. However, with the right setup, you can also run GUI-based applications inside containers. These containers can include GUI libraries and display tools, which enable apps to run in a secure and isolated environment. Docker containers can run GUI applications by configuring display sharing with the host system. This approach packages applications with their dependencies while maintaining isolation, enabling consistent cross-platform deployment without cluttering the host system. By Anees Asghar.
Tags software-engineering cloud-and-infrastructure devops-and-ci-cd business-and-emerging-tech how-to
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Anonymize RAG data in IBM Granite and Ollama using HCP Vault
Posted on June 8, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length long
In this summary, we explore how IBM Granite and Ollama can be integrated with HCP Vault to handle sensitive data effectively. The method involves configuring vaults to mask or tokenize data before passing it to the LLMs, ensuring that personal identifiable information (PII) is protected. By Rosemary Wang.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure data-and-analytics ai-and-machine-learning devops-and-ci-cd
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How much observability is enough?
Posted on May 17, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Observability is the process of watching what your systems do at every layer so that you can build a comprehensive picture of how it does what it does. By Dotan Horovits and Jujhar Singh.
Tags devops-and-ci-cd cloud-and-infrastructure leadership-and-career
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Python adopts standard lock file format for reproducible installs
Posted on May 13, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length short
Python's ecosystems now have a standardized lock file format called pyproject.lock (or pylock.toml) defined by PEP 751. This was formally adopted after the proposal was accepted. By Sarah Gooding.
Tags backend-development cloud-and-infrastructure security-and-privacy devops-and-ci-cd
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The role of containers in DevOps and CI/CD pipeline
Posted on March 1, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
DevOps and CI/CD are two significant methodologies that have changed software development in modern times. DevOps unites development and operations teams, and software delivery can become rapid and efficient with them. CI/CD, or Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, tests and releases software via automation to deliver software updates in a reliable and efficient manner to its users. By apiculus.com.
Tags devops-and-ci-cd cloud-and-infrastructure
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Ansible tutorial for beginners: Playbook, commands & example
Posted on February 24, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Ansible is an open-source automation tool that simplifies software provisioning, configuration management, and deployment across Unix-like and Windows systems by using infrastructure as code principles. Its standout features include ease of installation, agentless architecture (utilizing SSH for connections without requiring additional client-side installations), and comprehensive documentation which facilitates its use even among those with minimal system administration skills. Ansible's modularity supports large-scale orchestration efforts, making it ideal for managing complex environments. By David Carter.
Tags devops-and-ci-cd leadership-and-career software-engineering
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Terraform vs. Ansible: Key differences and comparison of tools
Posted on February 3, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length short
What is the difference between Terraform and Ansible? Terraform is an open-source platform designed to provision cloud infrastructure, while Ansible is an open-source configuration management tool focused on the configuration of that infrastructure. By Sumeet Ninawe.
Tags architecture-and-apis product-and-design devops-and-ci-cd