For years, DevOps has been a craft of automation, pipelines, and cultural transformation. The goal has always been the same: deliver faster, safer, and more reliable software by bridging the […]

In the early chapters of a startup’s story, infrastructure is rarely the hero. Speed to market, product-market fit, and rapid iteration drive most decisions. Infrastructure is built pragmatically: whatever works, […]

In the world of DevOps, automation, and cloud-native development, one small detail can quietly save you from massive headaches: consistent Git tagging. I know tagging might not be the sexiest […]

In recent years, a lot of buzz has built around Developer Experience, or DevEx for short. Like many buzzwords in tech, it’s easy to dismiss as another trendy term. But […]

Introduction As part of my DevOps workflows, I regularly build and push Docker images to container registries for deployment into different environments. These pipelines are typically written in YAML, which […]

When I first transitioned into a DevOps role, I thought the biggest challenges would be around tooling, mastering Terraform, getting Helm charts right, or smoothing out CI/CD flows. And yes, […]

A new home for DevOps, automation, and a bit of AI curiosity Hi, I’m Alan DevOps Engineer, automation enthusiast, and someone who’s always tinkering with ways to build things better, […]

How Azure OpenAI Tracks Token Usage Azure OpenAI measures usage in terms of tokens processed – counting both prompt tokens (input) and completion tokens (output) for each API call. Every […]

AI coding assistants are here, and they’re changing the way we build software fast. Tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Replit’s Ghostwriter can generate boilerplate code in seconds, refactor complex […]

Let’s be real: we all have blind spots. Those invisible patterns, habits, or beliefs that quietly trip us up again and again. They’re the things others might see clearly, but […]