Agent Zone

    • Agent Tooling
      • Agent Context Preservation for Long-Running Workflows: Checkpoints, Sub-Agent Delegation, and Avoiding Context Pollution
      • Agent Debugging Patterns: Tracing Decisions in Production
      • Agent Error Handling: Retries, Degradation, and Circuit Breakers
      • Agent Evaluation and Testing: Measuring What Matters in Agent Performance
      • Agent Memory and Retrieval: Patterns for Persistent, Searchable Agent Knowledge
      • Agent Runbook Generation: Producing Verified Infrastructure Deliverables
      • Agent Sandboxing: Isolation Strategies for Execution Environments
      • Agent Security Patterns: Defending Against Injection, Leakage, and Misuse
      • Agent-Friendly API Design: Building APIs That Agents Can Consume
      • Agentic Workflow Patterns: Plan-Execute-Observe Loops, ReAct, and Task Decomposition
      • Building LLM Harnesses: Orchestrating Local Models into Workflows with Scoring, Retries, and Parallel Execution
      • Choosing a Local Model: Size Tiers, Task Matching, and Cost Comparison with Cloud APIs
      • Designing Agent-Ready Projects: Structure That Benefits Humans and Agents Equally
      • Detecting Infrastructure Knowledge Gaps: What Agents Don't Know They Don't Know
      • How Agents Communicate: Explaining Plans, Risks, and Trade-offs to Humans
      • Human-in-the-Loop Patterns: Approval Gates, Escalation, and Progressive Autonomy
      • Long-Running Workflow Orchestration: State Machines, Checkpointing, and Resumable Multi-Agent Execution
      • MCP Server Development: Building Servers from Scratch
      • Multi-Agent Coordination: Patterns for Dividing and Conquering Infrastructure Tasks
      • Ollama Setup and Model Management: Installation, Model Selection, Memory Management, and ARM64 Native
      • Progressive Agent Adoption: From First Task to Autonomous Workflows
      • Prompt Engineering for Infrastructure Operations: Templates, Safety, and Structured Reasoning
      • Prompt Engineering for Local Models: Presets, Focus Areas, and Differences from Cloud Model Prompting
      • RAG for Codebases Without Cloud APIs: ChromaDB, Embedding Models, and Semantic Code Search
      • Sandbox to Production: The Complete Workflow for Verified Infrastructure Deliverables
      • Static Validation Patterns: Infrastructure Validation Without a Cluster
      • Structured Output from Small Local Models: JSON Mode, Extraction, Classification, and Token Runaway Fixes
      • Structured Output Patterns: Getting Reliable JSON from LLMs
      • Template Contribution Guide: Standards for Validation Template Submissions
      • The ROI of Agent Infrastructure: Measuring Time Saved, Errors Avoided, and Projects Completed
      • Tool Use Patterns: Choosing, Chaining, and Validating Agent Tools
      • Two-Pass Analysis: The Summarize-Then-Correlate Pattern for Scaling Beyond Context Windows
      • Validation Path Selection: Choosing the Right Approach for Infrastructure Testing
      • Validation Playbook Format: Structuring Portable Validation Procedures
      • Agent Context Management: Memory, State, and Session Handoff
      • MCP Server Patterns: Building Tools for AI Agents
      • Structured Skill Definitions: Describing What Agents Can Do
    • CI/CD
      • CircleCI Pipeline Patterns: Orbs, Executors, Workspaces, Parallelism, and Approval Workflows
      • Buildkite Pipeline Patterns: Dynamic Pipelines, Agents, Plugins, and Parallel Builds
      • Azure DevOps Pipelines: YAML Pipelines, Templates, Service Connections, and AKS Integration
      • AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild: Pipeline Structure, ECR Integration, ECS/EKS Deployments, and Cross-Account Patterns
      • Pipeline Security Hardening with SLSA: Provenance, Signing, and Software Supply Chain Integrity
      • Secrets Management in CI/CD Pipelines: OIDC, Vault Integration, and Credential Hygiene
      • CI/CD Cost Optimization: Runner Sizing, Caching ROI, Spot Instances, and Build Minute Economics
      • Database Schema Migrations in CI/CD: Tools, Pipeline Integration, and Zero-Downtime Strategies
      • Blue-Green Deployments: Traffic Switching, Database Compatibility, and Rollback Strategies
      • Self-Hosted CI Runners at Scale: GitHub Actions Runner Controller, GitLab Runners on K8s, and Autoscaling
      • Pipeline Observability: CI/CD Metrics, DORA, OpenTelemetry, and Grafana Dashboards
      • CI/CD Anti-Patterns and Migration Strategies: From Snowflakes to Scalable Pipelines
      • Advanced Git Operations: Rebase, Cherry-Pick, Bisect, and Repository Maintenance
      • Advanced GitHub Actions Patterns: Matrix Builds, OIDC, Composite Actions, and Self-Hosted Runners
      • ArgoCD Image Updater: Automatic Image Tag Updates Without Git Commits
      • ArgoCD Multi-Cluster Management: Hub-Spoke Patterns, Cluster Registration, and Fleet Operations
      • ArgoCD Notifications: Slack, Teams, Webhooks, and Custom Triggers
      • ArgoCD Patterns: App of Apps, ApplicationSets, Multi-Environment Management, and Source Strategies
      • ArgoCD Secrets Management: Sealed Secrets, External Secrets Operator, and SOPS
      • ArgoCD Setup and Basics: Installation, CLI, First Application, and Sync Policies
      • ArgoCD Sync Waves, Resource Hooks, and Sync Options
      • ArgoCD with Terraform and Crossplane: Managing Infrastructure Alongside Applications
      • Artifact Management: Repository Selection, Container Lifecycle, Retention, and Promotion Workflows
      • Building a Kubernetes Deployment Pipeline: From Code Push to Production
      • CI/CD Patterns for Monorepos
      • Debugging ArgoCD: Diagnosing Sync Failures, Health Checks, RBAC, and Repo Issues
      • Debugging GitHub Actions: Triggers, Failures, Secrets, Caching, and Performance
      • Git Branching Strategies: Trunk-Based, GitHub Flow, and When to Use What
      • GitHub Actions Fundamentals: Workflows, Triggers, Jobs, and Data Passing
      • GitHub Actions Kubernetes Pipeline: From Git Push to Helm Deploy
      • GitLab CI/CD Pipeline Patterns: Stages, DAG Pipelines, Includes, and Registry Integration
      • Jenkins Debugging: Diagnosing Stuck Builds, Pipeline Failures, Performance Issues, and Kubernetes Agent Problems
      • Jenkins Kubernetes Integration: Dynamic Pod Agents, Pod Templates, and In-Cluster Builds
      • Jenkins Pipeline Patterns: Declarative and Scripted Pipelines, Shared Libraries, and Common Workflows
      • Jenkins Setup and Configuration: Installation, JCasC, Plugins, Credentials, and Agents
      • Release Management Patterns: Versioning, Changelog Generation, Branching, Rollbacks, and Progressive Rollouts
      • Tekton Pipelines: Cloud-Native CI/CD on Kubernetes with Tasks, Pipelines, and Triggers
      • Testing Strategies in CI Pipelines: A Decision Framework
      • Canary Deployments Deep Dive: Argo Rollouts, Flagger, and Metrics-Based Progressive Delivery
      • Choosing a GitOps Tool: ArgoCD vs Flux vs Jenkins vs GitHub Actions for Kubernetes Deployments
      • Container Build Optimization: BuildKit, Layer Caching, Multi-Stage, and Build Performance
      • Feature Flags: Decoupling Deployment from Release with LaunchDarkly, Unleash, and Flipt
      • GitHub Actions Advanced Patterns: Reusable Workflows, Matrix Strategies, OIDC, and Optimization
      • GitHub Actions on ARM64: Native Runners, Cross-Compilation, and QEMU Pitfalls
      • Multi-Architecture Container Images: Buildx, Manifest Lists, and Registry Patterns
    • Cloud Services
      • AWS Fundamentals for Agents
      • Azure Fundamentals for Agents
      • Choosing a Deployment Platform for APIs and MVPs: Cloudflare vs AWS vs Vercel vs Fly.io
      • Cloud Behavioral Divergence Guide: Where AWS, Azure, and GCP Actually Differ
      • Cloud Cost Optimization
      • Cloud Vendor Product Matrix: Comparing Cloudflare, AWS, Azure, and GCP
      • Cloud-Native vs Portable Infrastructure: A Decision Framework
      • GCP Fundamentals for Agents
      • Infrastructure Knowledge Scoping for Agents
      • Multi-Cloud vs Single-Cloud Strategy Decisions
      • Zero-Egress Architecture with Cloudflare R2: Eliminating Data Transfer Costs
    • Databases
      • CockroachDB Day-2 Operations
      • CockroachDB Debugging and Troubleshooting
      • CockroachDB Setup and Architecture
      • Database High Availability Patterns
      • Database Performance Investigation Runbook
      • Database Testing Strategies
      • MongoDB Operational Patterns
      • MySQL 8.x Setup and Configuration
      • MySQL Backup and Recovery
      • MySQL Debugging: Common Problems and Solutions
      • MySQL Performance Tuning
      • Planning and Executing Database Migrations: Schema Changes, Data Migrations, and Zero-Downtime Patterns
      • PostgreSQL Backup and Recovery
      • PostgreSQL Debugging
      • PostgreSQL Performance Tuning
      • PostgreSQL Replication
      • PostgreSQL Setup and Configuration
      • SQLite for Production Use
      • Time-Series Database Selection and Operations
      • Choosing a Database Strategy: On Kubernetes vs Managed Service, and PostgreSQL vs MySQL vs CockroachDB
      • Database Connection Pooling: PgBouncer, ProxySQL, and Application-Level Patterns
      • Elasticsearch and OpenSearch: Indexing, Queries, Cluster Management, and Performance
      • Redis Deep Dive: Data Structures, Persistence, Performance, and Operational Patterns
      • Redis on Kubernetes: Deployment Patterns, Operators, and Production Configuration
    • Developer Workflows
      • Advanced Git Workflows: Rebase, Bisect, Worktrees, and Recovery
      • Devcontainer Sandbox Templates: Zero-Cost Validation Environments for Infrastructure Development
      • Documentation as Code: Tooling, Testing, and Decision Framework
      • Effective Code Review Practices: Checklists, Automation, and Team Dynamics
      • Local Development Environments: Docker Compose, Tilt, Devcontainers, and Cloud Options
      • Testing Strategy Selection: Unit, Integration, E2E, and Beyond
    • Infrastructure
      • Advanced Ansible Patterns: Roles, Collections, Dynamic Inventory, Vault, and Testing
      • Advanced Terraform State Management
      • Agent-Oriented Terraform: Linear Patterns for Machine-Managed Infrastructure
      • Building Machine Images with Packer: Templates, Builders, Provisioners, and CI/CD
      • Cloud Migration Strategies: The 7 Rs Framework
      • Diagnosing Common Terraform Problems
      • Docker Compose Patterns for Local Development
      • Ephemeral Cloud Clusters: Create, Validate, Destroy Sequences for EKS, GKE, and AKS
      • HAProxy Configuration and Operations
      • Kubernetes Cost Audit and Reduction: A Systematic Operational Plan
      • Linux Debugging Essentials for Infrastructure
      • Multi-Cloud Networking Patterns
      • Nginx Configuration Patterns for Production
      • Prometheus and Grafana Monitoring Stack
      • Refactoring Terraform: When and How to Restructure Growing Infrastructure Code
      • Running Terraform in CI/CD Pipelines
      • Setting Up Multi-Environment Infrastructure: Dev, Staging, and Production
      • Terraform Cloud Architecture Patterns: VPC/EKS/RDS on AWS, VNET/AKS on Azure, VPC/GKE on GCP
      • Terraform Code Quality: Patterns, Anti-Patterns, and Review Heuristics
      • Terraform Core Concepts and Workflow
      • Terraform Modules: Structure, Composition, and Reuse
      • Terraform Safety for Agents: Plans, Applies, and the Human Approval Gate
      • Testing Infrastructure Code: The Validation Pyramid from Lint to Integration
      • TLS Certificate Lifecycle Management
      • Ansible Role Structure and Patterns
      • Choosing a Kubernetes Backup Strategy: Velero vs Native Snapshots vs Application-Level Backups
      • Choosing an Infrastructure as Code Tool: Terraform vs Pulumi vs CloudFormation/Bicep vs Crossplane
      • Cloud Networking Fundamentals: VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups, and Connectivity
      • DNS Deep Dive: Record Types, Resolution, Troubleshooting, and Cloud DNS Management
      • Linux Performance Tuning: sysctl, ulimits, I/O Schedulers, and Kernel Parameters
      • Linux Troubleshooting: A Systematic Approach to Diagnosing System Issues
      • Load Balancer Patterns: L4 vs L7, Health Checks, Session Affinity, and Cloud LB Selection
      • Minikube with Docker Driver on Apple Silicon
      • SSH Hardening and Management: Key Management, Bastion Hosts, and SSH Certificates
      • systemd Service Management: Units, Timers, Journal, and Socket Activation
      • Terraform State Management Patterns
      • TLS Deep Dive: Certificate Chains, Handshake, Cipher Suites, and Debugging Connection Issues
    • Kubernetes
      • Minikube Production Profile: Configuring a Local Cluster That Behaves Like Production
      • Prometheus and Grafana on Minikube: Production-Like Monitoring Without the Cost
      • ArgoCD on Minikube: GitOps Deployments from Day One
      • Minikube Application Deployment Patterns: Production-Ready Manifests for Four Common Workloads
      • Secrets Management Decision Framework: From POC to Production
      • AKS Identity and Security: Entra ID, Workload Identity, and Policy
      • AKS Networking and Ingress Deep Dive
      • AKS Setup and Configuration: Clusters, Node Pools, and Networking
      • AKS Troubleshooting: Diagnosing Common Azure Kubernetes Problems
      • cert-manager and external-dns: Automatic TLS and DNS on Kubernetes
      • Choosing a CNI Plugin: Calico vs Cilium vs Flannel vs Cloud-Native CNI
      • Choosing an Autoscaling Strategy: HPA vs VPA vs KEDA vs Karpenter/Cluster Autoscaler
      • Choosing an Ingress Controller: Nginx vs Traefik vs HAProxy vs Cloud ALB/NLB
      • Choosing Kubernetes Workload Types: Deployment vs StatefulSet vs DaemonSet vs Job
      • Cluster Autoscaling: HPA, Cluster Autoscaler, and KEDA
      • ConfigMaps and Secrets: Configuration Management in Kubernetes
      • Container Image Scanning: Finding and Managing Vulnerabilities
      • Container Registry Management: Tagging, Signing, and Operations
      • Converting kubectl Manifests to Helm Charts: Packaging for Reuse
      • Converting kubectl Manifests to Terraform: From Manual Applies to Infrastructure as Code
      • Deploying Nginx on Kubernetes
      • Docker Compose Validation Stacks: Templates for Multi-Service Testing
      • Dockerfile Best Practices: Secure, Efficient Container Images
      • EKS IAM and Security
      • EKS Networking and Load Balancing
      • EKS Setup and Configuration
      • EKS Troubleshooting
      • etcd Maintenance for Self-Managed Clusters
      • From Empty Cluster to Production-Ready: The Complete Setup Sequence
      • GKE Networking
      • GKE Security and Identity
      • GKE Setup and Configuration
      • GKE Troubleshooting
      • GPU and ML Workloads on Kubernetes: Scheduling, Sharing, and Monitoring
      • HashiCorp Vault on Kubernetes: Secrets Management Done Right
      • Helm Chart Development: Templates, Helpers, and Testing
      • Helm Values and Overrides: Precedence, Inspection, and Environment Patterns
      • Image Patching and Lifecycle: Keeping Container Images Current
      • Ingress Controllers and Routing Patterns
      • Istio Service Mesh: Traffic Management, Security, and Observability
      • kind Validation Templates: Cluster Configs and Lifecycle Scripts
      • kubectl Debugging: A Practical Command Reference
      • Kubernetes API Deprecation Guide: Detecting and Fixing Deprecated APIs Before Upgrades
      • Kubernetes API Server: Architecture, Authentication, Authorization, and Debugging
      • Kubernetes Audit Logging: Tracking API Activity for Security and Compliance
      • Kubernetes Controllers: Reconciliation Loops, the Controller Manager, and Custom Controllers
      • Kubernetes Deployment Strategies: Rolling, Blue-Green, and Canary
      • Kubernetes DNS Deep Dive: CoreDNS, ndots, and Debugging Resolution Failures
      • Kubernetes Events Debugging: Patterns, Filtering, and Alerting
      • Kubernetes FinOps: Decision Framework for Cost Optimization Strategies
      • Kubernetes Namespace Organization: Strategies That Actually Work
      • Kubernetes Operators and Crossplane: Extending the Platform
      • Kubernetes Production Readiness Checklist: Everything to Verify Before Going Live
      • Kubernetes Scheduler: How Pods Get Placed on Nodes
      • Kubernetes Service Types and DNS-Based Discovery
      • Kustomize Patterns: Bases, Overlays, and Practical Transformers
      • Minikube to Cloud Migration: 10 Things That Change on EKS, GKE, and AKS
      • Multi-Tenancy Patterns: Namespace Isolation, vCluster, and Dedicated Clusters
      • Namespace Strategy and Multi-Tenancy: Isolation, Quotas, and Policies
      • Network Policies: Namespace Isolation and Pod-to-Pod Rules
      • Node Drain and Cordon: Safe Node Maintenance
      • Pod Lifecycle and Probes: Init Containers, Hooks, and Health Checks
      • PodDisruptionBudgets Deep Dive
      • RBAC Patterns: Practical Access Control for Kubernetes
      • Resource Requests and Limits: CPU, Memory, QoS, and OOMKilled Debugging
      • Running Kafka on Kubernetes with Strimzi
      • Running Redis on Kubernetes
      • Running Windows Workloads on Kubernetes: Node Pools, Scheduling, and Gotchas
      • Scenario: Debugging Kubernetes Network Connectivity End-to-End
      • Scenario: Migrating Workloads Between Kubernetes Clusters
      • Scenario: Preparing for and Handling a Traffic Spike
      • Scenario: Recovering from a Failed Deployment
      • Security Hardening a Kubernetes Cluster: End-to-End Operational Sequence
      • Service Account Security: Tokens, RBAC Binding, and Workload Identity
      • StatefulSets and Persistent Storage: Stable Identity, PVCs, and StorageClasses
      • Upgrading Kubernetes Clusters Safely
      • Upgrading Self-Managed Kubernetes Clusters with kubeadm: Step-by-Step
      • Velero Backup and Restore: Disaster Recovery for Kubernetes
      • Admission Controllers and Webhooks: Intercepting and Enforcing Kubernetes API Requests
      • Advanced Kubernetes Debugging: CrashLoopBackOff, ImagePullBackOff, OOMKilled, and Stuck Pods
      • ARM64 Kubernetes: The QEMU Problem with Go Binaries
      • Choosing a Service Mesh: Istio vs Linkerd vs Consul Connect vs No Mesh
      • Choosing Kubernetes Storage: Local vs Network vs Cloud CSI Drivers
      • Cilium Deep Dive: eBPF Networking, L7 Policies, Hubble Observability, and Cluster Mesh
      • Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs): Extending the Kubernetes API
      • DaemonSets: Node-Level Workloads, System Agents, and Update Strategies
      • EKS vs AKS vs GKE: Choosing a Managed Kubernetes Provider
      • Emulating Production Namespace Organization in Minikube
      • Gateway API: The Modern Replacement for Ingress in Kubernetes
      • GitOps for Kubernetes: Patterns, Tools, and Workflow Design
      • Helm Release Naming Gotchas: How Resource Names Actually Work
      • Init Containers and Sidecar Patterns: Sequential Setup and Co-located Services
      • Jobs and CronJobs: Batch Workloads, Retry Logic, and Scheduling
      • kubectl debug and Ephemeral Containers: Non-Invasive Production Debugging
      • Kubernetes Cost Optimization: Rightsizing, Resource Efficiency, and Waste Reduction
      • Kubernetes Disaster Recovery: Runbooks for Common Incidents
      • Kubernetes Operator Development: Patterns, Frameworks, and Best Practices
      • Kubernetes Resource Management: QoS Classes, Eviction, OOM Scoring, and Capacity Planning
      • Kubernetes Troubleshooting Decision Trees: Symptom to Diagnosis to Fix
      • Managed Kubernetes vs Self-Managed: EKS/AKS/GKE vs kubeadm vs k3s vs RKE
      • Minikube Networking: Services, Ingress, DNS, and LoadBalancer Emulation
      • Minikube Setup, Drivers, and Resource Configuration
      • Multi-Cluster Kubernetes: Architecture, Networking, and Management Patterns
      • OPA Gatekeeper: Policy as Code for Kubernetes
      • Pod Affinity and Anti-Affinity: Co-locating and Spreading Workloads
      • Pod Security Standards and Admission: Replacing PodSecurityPolicy
      • Pod Topology Spread Constraints: Even Distribution Across Failure Domains
      • PostgreSQL 15+ Permissions: Why Your Helm Deployment Cannot Create Tables
      • Secrets Management in Minikube: From Basic to Production Patterns
      • Security Contexts, Seccomp, and AppArmor: Container Runtime Security
      • Spot Instances and Preemptible Nodes: Running Kubernetes on Discounted Compute
      • Taints, Tolerations, and Node Affinity: Controlling Pod Placement
      • Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA): Right-Sizing Resource Requests Automatically
      • Minikube Add-ons for Production-Like Environments
      • Minikube Storage: PersistentVolumes, StorageClasses, and Data Persistence Patterns
      • Multi-Cluster Emulation with Minikube Profiles
      • Using Minikube for CI, Integration Testing, and Local Development Workflows
    • Microservices
      • Saga Pattern: Choreography, Orchestration, and Compensating Transactions
      • CQRS and Event Sourcing
      • Contract Testing for Microservices
      • Schema Evolution and Compatibility
      • Distributed Data Consistency Patterns
      • Service Decomposition Anti-Patterns
      • API Gateway Patterns: Selection, Configuration, and Routing
      • API Versioning Strategies
      • Circuit Breaker and Resilience Patterns
      • Event-Driven Architecture for Microservices
      • gRPC for Service-to-Service Communication
      • Message Queue Selection and Patterns
      • Monolith to Microservices: When and How to Decompose
      • Rate Limiting Implementation Patterns
      • Service-to-Service Authentication and Authorization
    • Observability
      • Alertmanager Configuration and Routing
      • Blameless Post-Mortem Practices: Incident Timelines, Root Cause Analysis, and Organizational Learning
      • Choosing a Log Aggregation Stack: Loki vs Elasticsearch vs CloudWatch Logs vs Vector+ClickHouse
      • Choosing a Monitoring Stack: Prometheus vs Datadog vs Cloud-Native vs VictoriaMetrics
      • Debugging and Tuning Alerts: Why Alerts Don't Fire, False Positives, and Threshold Selection
      • Distributed Tracing in Practice
      • Grafana Dashboards for Kubernetes Monitoring
      • Grafana Loki for Log Aggregation
      • Grafana Mimir for Long-Term Prometheus Storage
      • Grafana Organization: Folders, Permissions, Provisioning, and Dashboard Lifecycle
      • Log Analysis and Management Strategies: Structured Logging, Aggregation, Retention, and Correlation
      • Logging Patterns in Kubernetes
      • Observability Stack Troubleshooting: Diagnosing Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, and Pipeline Failures
      • OpenTelemetry for Kubernetes
      • Prometheus Architecture Deep Dive
      • PromQL Essentials: Practical Query Patterns
      • Real User Monitoring (RUM) and Frontend Observability: Core Web Vitals, Error Tracking, and Session Replay
      • Setting Up Full Observability from Scratch: Metrics, Logs, Traces, and Alerting
      • Structuring Effective On-Call Runbooks: Format, Escalation, and Diagnostic Decision Trees
      • Writing Effective Prometheus Alerting Rules
      • Advanced PromQL: Performance, Cardinality, and Complex Query Patterns
      • Long-Term Metrics Storage: Thanos vs Grafana Mimir vs VictoriaMetrics
      • Monitoring Prometheus Itself: Capacity Planning, Self-Monitoring, and Scaling
      • Prometheus Cardinality Management: Detecting, Preventing, and Reducing High-Cardinality Metrics
      • SLOs, Error Budgets, and SLI Implementation with Prometheus
      • Synthetic Monitoring: Proactive Uptime Checks, Blackbox Exporter, and External Probing
      • Writing Custom Prometheus Exporters: Exposing Application and Business Metrics
    • Platform Engineering
      • Golden Paths and Paved Roads
      • Platform Team Structure and Operating Model
      • Service Catalog Management and Design
      • Developer Self-Service Workflows
      • Platform Engineering Maturity Model
      • Crossplane for Platform Abstractions
      • Port vs Backstage: Developer Portal Comparison
      • Developer Experience Metrics: Measuring What Matters
      • Designing Internal Developer Platforms
      • Self-Service Infrastructure Patterns
      • Setting Up and Configuring Backstage
    • Security
      • Choosing a Kubernetes Policy Engine: OPA/Gatekeeper vs Kyverno vs Pod Security Admission
      • Choosing a Secret Management Strategy: K8s Secrets vs Vault vs Sealed Secrets vs External Secrets
      • Container Runtime Security Hardening
      • Cross-Border Data Transfer: SCCs, Adequacy Decisions, Transfer Impact Assessments, and Technical Safeguards
      • Data Classification and Handling: Labeling, Encryption Tiers, Retention Policies, and DLP Patterns
      • Data Sovereignty and Residency: Jurisdictional Requirements, GDPR, and Multi-Region Architecture
      • FIPS 140 Compliance: Validated Cryptography, FIPS-Enabled Runtimes, and Kubernetes Deployment
      • gRPC Security: TLS, mTLS, Authentication Interceptors, and Token-Based Access Control
      • Implementing Compliance as Code
      • Infrastructure Security Testing Approaches
      • Istio Security: mTLS, Authorization Policies, and Egress Control
      • Kubernetes Audit Logging: Policies, Backends, and Threat Detection
      • Network Security Layers
      • Pod Security Standards: Admission Control and Secure Pod Configuration
      • Regulatory Compliance Frameworks: HIPAA, FedRAMP, ITAR, and SOX Technical Controls
      • Secret Management Patterns
      • Secure API Design: Authentication, Authorization, Input Validation, and OWASP API Top 10
      • Securing Docker-Based Validation Templates
      • Securing etcd: Encryption at Rest, TLS, and Access Control
      • Securing Kubernetes Ingress: TLS, Rate Limiting, WAF, and Access Control
      • Security Compliance and Benchmarks
      • Security Incident Response for Infrastructure
      • SIEM and Security Log Correlation
      • Software Bill of Materials and Vulnerability Management
      • Software Supply Chain Security
      • Threat Modeling for Developers: STRIDE, Attack Surfaces, Data Flow Diagrams, and Prioritization
      • TLS and mTLS Fundamentals: Certificates, Chains of Trust, Mutual Authentication, and Troubleshooting
      • Zero Trust Architecture: Principles, Identity-Based Access, Microsegmentation, and Implementation
      • Certificate Management Deep Dive
      • OAuth2 and OIDC for Infrastructure
      • Secrets Rotation Patterns
      • Zero Trust Networking
    • Serverless & Edge
      • AWS Lambda and Serverless Function Patterns
      • Building an API with Cloudflare Workers and D1: From Zero to Production
      • CDN and Edge Computing Patterns
      • Cloudflare Workers as a Full-Stack Platform: Workers, D1, KV, R2, and Pages
      • Comparing Serverless Platforms: Cloud Run, Azure Functions, Lambda, and Cloudflare Workers
      • Knative: Serverless on Kubernetes
      • Lightweight Kubernetes at the Edge with K3s
    • SRE
      • Toil Measurement and Reduction
      • On-Call Rotation Design
      • Production Readiness Reviews
      • SLO Practical Implementation Guide
      • Game Day and Tabletop Exercise Planning
      • Reliability Review Process
      • Automating Operational Runbooks
      • Change Management for Infrastructure
      • Chaos Engineering: From First Experiment to Mature Practice
      • Incident Management Lifecycle
      • Infrastructure Capacity Planning: Measurement, Projection, and Scaling
      • Load Testing Strategies: Tools, Patterns, and CI Integration
      • Post-Mortem Action Item Tracking
      • SRE Fundamentals: SLOs, Error Budgets, and Reliability Practices
      • Status Page Setup and Management

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