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• Building a Hands-On Learning Platform on a Home Server — Putting Kubernetes Inside an Unprivileged Pod

  A write-up of putting a learning platform on a 7-node Kubernetes cluster at home: a learner presses a button, a dedicated container comes up, a browser terminal attaches to a real Linux shell, and at every step the serve

  2026-08-20 · 16 min read #kubernetes#cilium#security#homelab#kwok

• Flux 2.9 and Two Years After Weaveworks — How a GitOps Project Survives Losing Its Sponsor

  When Weaveworks, the company that created Flux, shut down in early 2024, a GitHub discussion appeared asking: is the project future at risk? Two and a half years later, on 2026-06-30, Flux shipped 2.9.0. This post recons

  2026-07-17 · 12 min read #devops#gitops#fluxcd#kubernetes#open-source

• Automating Database Migrations — Treating Schema as Code with CI/CD and GitOps

  The era of applying schema changes by hand is over. This guide lays out the full picture of integrating migrations into your pipeline: linting and dry-running in PRs, applying per-environment automatically, detecting dri

  2026-06-16 · 13 min read #database#migration#cicd#gitops#flyway

• Operator vs Helm vs GitOps — Which to Use When

  These three operational tools look similar but solve different problems. Helm is packaging, GitOps is declarative synchronization, and an Operator is an active controller. We dig into static deployment versus continuous

  2026-06-15 · 19 min read #kubernetes#operator#helm#gitops#argocd

• Managing Ingress as Code — Helm, Kustomize, and GitOps

  How to put Ingress and controller configuration under version control. Deploy controllers per environment with Helm values, overlay manifests with Kustomize patches, automate delivery and drift detection with Argo CD and

  2026-06-14 · 8 min read #ingress#kubernetes#helm#kustomize#gitops

• Cluster API Deep Dive — Managing Clusters as Kubernetes Resources ♪ Listenable

  In an era of cluster sprawl, Cluster API lets you declare Kubernetes clusters themselves as Kubernetes resources and have controllers reconcile them. This deep dive dissects the architecture and core CRD relationships, a

  2026-06-13 · 24 min read #kubernetes#cluster-api#multi-cluster#gitops#infrastructure

• Financial-Grade Kubernetes Platforms — Making Regulation and Cloud Native Coexist

  How to design and operate a Kubernetes platform under financial regulations such as network segregation and electronic finance supervision rules. Covers multi-tenancy isolation criteria, Kyverno policy gates, audit trail

  2026-06-13 · 20 min read #kubernetes#finance#security#compliance#multi-tenancy

• Self-Hosted Git Platforms in 2026 — Gitea / Forgejo / GitLab CE/EE / OneDev / SourceHut / Gitness Deep Dive ♪ Listenable

  GitHub is the de facto standard in 2026, yet self-hosted Git forges remain very much alive. Gitea is still the most popular option, but after the 2022 governance controversy a Codeberg-led community fork called Forgejo h

  2026-05-16 · 25 min read #self-hosted-git#gitea#forgejo#gitlab#onedev

• Platform Engineering & IDPs 2026 Complete Guide — Backstage, Port, Cortex, Humanitec, Crossplane, ArgoCD, Pulumi, Terraform, OpenTofu Deep Dive ♪ Listenable

  In 2026 platform engineering is no longer the vague slogan of "DevOps 2.0." Team Topologies has become canonical, "Platform Team" is now a real box on the org chart, Backstage has matured past 1.40 GA, Port, Cortex, OpsL

  2026-05-16 · 24 min read #platform-engineering#idp#backstage#port#cortex

• IaC Patterns & Best Practices 2025: Terraform Modules, Pulumi, Crossplane, State Management

  Everything about IaC patterns! Terraform module design (composition/abstraction), Pulumi (programming language IaC), Crossplane (K8s native), state management (Remote State/Locking), drift detection, testing (Terratest/C

  2026-04-14 · 19 min read #iac#terraform#pulumi#crossplane#cdktf

• GitOps Complete Guide 2025: ArgoCD vs Flux, ApplicationSet, Image Updater, Multi-Cluster

  Everything about GitOps! ArgoCD vs Flux comparison, Git as single source of truth, ApplicationSet (Cluster/Git/Matrix generators), Image Updater (automatic image updates), Helm/Kustomize integration, Progressive Delivery

  2026-04-14 · 16 min read #gitops#argocd#flux#continuous-delivery#kubernetes

• Advanced CI/CD Pipeline Guide 2025: Deployment Strategies, GitOps, Monorepo, Security Pipeline

  Everything about advanced CI/CD! Deployment strategies (Blue-Green/Canary/Rolling), GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux), Monorepo CI (Turborepo/Nx), Feature Flags (LaunchDarkly), pipeline security, environment management, rollback stra

  2026-03-25 · 18 min read #ci-cd#deployment#gitops#argocd#monorepo

• CI/CD Best Practices 2025: Pipeline Design, Automation, and Security for Teams ♪ Listenable

  Everything about CI/CD pipelines! GitHub Actions vs Jenkins vs GitLab CI comparison, pipeline design principles, test automation, Docker build optimization, GitOps (ArgoCD), secret management, DORA metrics, and rollback

  2026-03-23 · 23 min read #ci-cd#devops#github-actions#jenkins#argocd

• Kubernetes 2025 + Developer Productivity: AI Workloads, FinOps, Platform Engineering Era ♪ Listenable

  AI/ML workloads became first-class citizens in K8s. FinOps for cost visibility, Platform Engineering for self-service infrastructure, and GitOps as the default. 84% of developers use AI tools — the secret behind 21% prod

  2026-03-22 · 27 min read #kubernetes#devops#platform-engineering#finops#ai

• [Golden Kubestronaut] CGOA Practice Exam 80 Questions - Certified GitOps Associate ♪ Listenable

  80 practice questions for CGOA toward Golden Kubestronaut. Covers all domains including GitOps principles, ArgoCD, Flux, and Git workflows.

  2026-03-20 · 33 min read #kubernetes#golden-kubestronaut#gitops#cgoa#argocd

• [ArgoCD] Sync Engine Analysis: Everything About Synchronization Mechanisms

  Analyzing the core mechanisms of the ArgoCD Sync engine. Covers Sync Phases, Resource Hooks, Wave ordering, Pruning, Diff engine, Health Checks, and Retry strategies in detail.

  2026-03-20 · 9 min read #argocd#gitops#open-source-internals

• [ArgoCD] Architecture Internals: Source Code Level Deep Dive

  A source-code-level analysis of ArgoCD core components: API Server, Repository Server, Application Controller, Redis, and Dex.

  2026-03-20 · 10 min read #argocd#gitops#open-source-internals

• [ArgoCD] Security Model: Authentication, Authorization, and Secret Management

  Deep analysis of the ArgoCD security model. Covers authentication (SSO, OIDC, LDAP), RBAC authorization, repository/cluster credentials, secret management, and network security.

  2026-03-20 · 7 min read #argocd#gitops#open-source-internals

• [ArgoCD] ApplicationSet Controller Deep Dive

  Deep dive into the ArgoCD ApplicationSet controller. Covers Generator types, template rendering, Progressive Sync, Go templating, and Reconciliation Loop in detail.

  2026-03-20 · 7 min read #argocd#gitops#open-source-internals

• [ArgoCD] High Availability and Scalability: Large-Scale Cluster Operations

  Analyzing ArgoCD HA and scalability. Covers Controller sharding, Repo Server scaling, Redis HA, performance tuning, monitoring, and disaster recovery strategies.

  2026-03-20 · 6 min read #argocd#gitops#open-source-internals