Hacker News with Generative AI: DevOps

Good Docker Files (gooddockerfiles.com)
Not sure about your Dockerfile? Confused? Overwhelmed? Get expert guidance for production-ready containers that are faster, smaller and more secure.
Ask HN: DevOps Assistance for LA Fires Relief Initiative (ycombinator.com)
Hi my name is Johan and I built and maintain https://fireaid.info - a map and resource hub to connect those affected by the fires with aid as well as resources for people to give and volunteer.
Show HN: Anyshift.io – Terraform "Superplan" (anyshift.io)
The DevOps Engineer's Handbook (octopus.com)
DevOps is a set of practices, tools, and a cultural philosophy for software delivery. DevOps automates and bridges processes between software development and IT teams.
A quickstart eBook about Helm's essentials (gumroad.com)
Struggling with time but eager to learn Helm? Do you want to learn Helm but feel overwhelmed by dense documentation? Are you short on time yet need to manage Kubernetes deployments effectively?
Kubernetes horizontal pod autoscaling powered by an OpenTelemetry-native tool (dash0.com)
This blog post shows how to use Dash0 as the source of truth to automatically scale applications running on Kubernetes.
RubyConf 2024: Cloud Native Buildpack Hackday (and other Ruby deploy tools, too) (schneems.com)
I’ve spent the last decade+ working on Ruby deploy tooling, including (but not limited to) the Heroku classic and upcoming Cloud Native Buildpack. If you want to contribute to a Ruby deployment or packaging tool (even if it’s not one I maintain), I can help. If you want to learn more about Cloud Native Buildpacks (CNBs) and maybe get a green square on GitHub (or TWO!), keep reading for more resources.
How to Handle Go Security Alerts (jarosz.dev)
“Our reports say your software is not secure and has critical and high vulnerabilities. Our delivery pipeline is not working. We can’t upgrade applications in production environments!”. You see Slack messages and Salesforce escalation tickets. It doesn’t look good.
Bento: Fancy stream processing made operationally mundane (warpstreamlabs.github.io)
Fancy stream processing made operationally mundane
The CD Pipeline Manifesto (getglu.dev)
Modern software teams need better tools for managing their Continuous Delivery pipelines.
Show HN: K8s Cleaner – Roomba for Kubernetes (projectsveltos.io)
Designed for Kubernetes administrators, K8s Cleaner efficiently identifies and removes unused resources to enhance cluster performance and reduce operational costs.
Ask HN: Is the Golang ecosystem health declining? (ycombinator.com)
Hello there!<p>I recently moved back into a devops/sre position and I'm again working with kubernetes and many golang-based tools.<p>I've been away (working with different technologies) for a "few years".<p>It's been a couple of months now and I'm stumbling in Go-based code repositories from github that either won't compile or are unofficially abandoned (last commit from 5 years ago, the README.md does not explicitly mention them being abandoned).<p>Hence the question: is the golang ecosystem health declining?
Run Database in GitHub Actions, Persisting Data to S3, and Access It Publicly (wesql.io)
When it comes to running a database for development, testing, demos, or short-lived workloads, cost and complexity can be big headaches.
Pgroll – Zero-downtime, reversible, schema changes for PostgreSQL (new website) (pgroll.com)
Building a Tiny CDN with Pyinfra and Chimera Linux (wezm.net)
In my quest to make linkedlist.org—my link blog—faster, I set up multiple deployments around the world. I used pyinfra to automate the process and Chimera Linux as the host operating system. Join me on this adventure in over-engineering to see how I dropped the average response time across nine global locations from 807ms to 189ms without spending a fortune.
Show HN: Onctl – Cloud-Agnostic VM Management Tool with Ready-to-Use Templates (github.com/cdalar)
onctl is a tool to manage virtual machines in multi-cloud.
Deploying Containers on NixOS: A Guide (bkiran.com)
Managing infrastructure on your own machine can be cumbersome and scary. Much of the rhetoric out there would have you believe that it’s not possible or very dangerous to run and manage your own server. There have been some great advances with tools like containers(Docker and Podman) and NixOS that makes this easier than ever.
Announcing OpenBao v2.1.0 - OSI-licensed fork of HashiCorp Vault (openbao.org)
We are thrilled to announce the availability of OpenBao v2.1.0, focused on safety and scalability improvements!
Ask HN: Homelab projects to learn Linux admin and DevOps to get hired as one? (ycombinator.com)
I'm purchasing a mini PC soon (3-4 months) as I don't have any personal device as of now for labbing. Till then I want to make a list of project ideas to work on that will enhance my resume as well as give myself a point to talk about in interviews regarding system administration or devops engineering.
I Stopped Using Kubernetes. Our DevOps Team Is Happier Than Ever (stackademic.com)
Six months ago, our DevOps team was drowning in complexity. We were managing 47 Kubernetes clusters across three cloud providers.
I Stopped Using Kubernetes. Our DevOps Team Is Happier Than Ever (stackademic.com)
Six months ago, our DevOps team was drowning in complexity. We were managing 47 Kubernetes clusters across three cloud providers.
Dear friend, you have built a Kubernetes (macchaffee.com)
How Tailscale's infra team stays small (tailscale.com)
Tailscale helps your team build a programmable network layer to connect all of your resources, on your own infrastructure and in the cloud. We also use it ourselves, every day. Tailscale's infrastructure tech lead, Kylie Fisher, explains how that simplifies many of our security concerns.
From ClickOps to GitOps: The Evolution of AI App Development (helix.ml)
Last week's post about democratizing AI engineering sparked some interesting discussion on Hacker News. Also, some people didn’t like the AI images on my other blog posts so for this I used a real photograph :P
Argo: a new documentary on the tool simplifying K8s deployments (cncf.io)
GitOps provides a pathway to stable, dependable, and predictable cloud native infrastructure and workflows. Over the past few years GitOps and Argo have grown hand in hand as ArgoCD has become a reliable solution for consolidating and extending GitOps inside Kubernetes environments.
The Ancients Had Ops (reedmeyerson.com)
While the “Dev” and “ML” parts of DevOps and MLOps are new1, the “Ops” part is ancient, and the properties of good Ops have remained constant from antiquity to present.
Building Observability with ClickHouse (cmtops.dev)
This is a summary of my experience in searching for and implementing an optimal observability stack at my workplace.
Show HN: Railway – A better way to build software. Period (railway.com)
For too long, deploying cloud infrastructure has been the most painful part of the developer toolchain.
Platforms Need New Building Blocks (junctionlabs.io)
Junction Labs’ mission is to empower platform builders with a service to service networking platform that bridges the developer-operator divide.
Docker Compose Isn't Enough (tealok.tech)
Docker Compose creates problems as you scale a single server to many applications. We should learn from it and build something better.