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6 articles tagged with "kubernetes"

devopsgitopskubernetes
16 min read

GitOps: When Git Becomes Your Entire Infrastructure (And Why That's Genius) πŸš€πŸ“¦

After countless deployments where I wondered 'wait, which version is running in prod?', I discovered GitOps - where Git isn't just your code repository, it's your deployment control center. Here's why treating Git as your single source of truth changed everything!

Feb 12, 2026
devopssecuritykubernetes
15 min read

Secrets Management: Stop Committing Your API Keys to Git (We've All Done It) πŸ”πŸ™ˆ

After 7 years of production deployments and one very public GitHub leak that cost us $3,000 in AWS charges, I learned that managing secrets isn't optional - it's survival. Here's how to stop hardcoding passwords like it's 2005!

Feb 10, 2026
devopskubernetesdeployment
18 min read

Kubernetes Health Checks: Stop Routing Traffic to Dead Pods Like It's Amateur Hour πŸ₯

After 7 years of production deployments and countless 3 AM incidents, I learned that health checks aren't optional - they're the difference between 'my app is down' and 'my app auto-heals itself.' Here's how to stop shooting yourself in the foot!

Feb 09, 2026
devopskubernetesdocker
16 min read

Kubernetes for the Confused Developer: It's Docker on Steroids, Not Rocket Science πŸš€β˜ΈοΈ

After 7 years deploying production apps, I finally bit the bullet and learned Kubernetes. Turns out it's not as scary as the YAML makes it look. Here's what I wish someone had told me before I spent 3 days debugging a typo in my deployment config!

Feb 08, 2026
devopskubernetesmonitoring
15 min read

Kubernetes Monitoring: Stop Flying Blind in Production πŸ“ŠπŸ”

After 7 years of production deployments, I learned the hard way: if you can't see what's happening in your K8s cluster, you're one outage away from disaster. Here's how to actually monitor Kubernetes without drowning in metrics!

Feb 05, 2026
devopsdeploymentci-cd
18 min read

Zero Downtime Deployments: Stop Taking Your App Offline Like It's 2010 πŸš€

Still showing 'Site under maintenance' during deploys? After 7 years of production deployments, here's how I went from scary Friday night releases to confident anytime deploys - without downtime!

Feb 03, 2026