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JLJeremy Longshorejeremylongshore.hashnode.devJul 1 · 3 min read

Stop Crying Wolf: A 3-Strike Gate for Uptime Monitors

The uptime monitor for scorecardecho.com had been screaming since April 30th. 101 state-changes logged. Roughly 70% of them were sub-60-second flaps — transients that a single TCP probe shouldn't page

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STSamson Tanimawonovaaiops.hashnode.devMay 9 · 2 min read

Building Your First Runbook: A Template That Actually Works

Most runbooks are useless. Either they're too abstract ('check the logs') or they're a 40-page Confluence doc that nobody reads at 3 AM. Here is the template I use. It fits on one page and works. The template 1. Trigger. The exact alert name and what...

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VNVineeth N Kvineethnk.hashnode.devApr 30 · 9 min read

The day I realised I had never tested a production backup

The day I realised I had never tested a production backup TL;DR — I had run dozens of test-backup restore drills and felt safe. What I had never done was pull a real production snapshot, decrypt it, and bring it up in a sandbox. The day I finally di...

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VNVineeth N Kvineethnk.hashnode.devApr 27 · 9 min read

The sed that didn't stick

The sed that didn't stick TL;DR - The nightly backup on one of my self-hosted servers kept failing. I patched the running container with a single sed command, ran the backup by hand, watched it succeed, and went to bed thinking I had it. The next mo...

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VNVineeth N Kvineethnk.hashnode.devApr 22 · 9 min read

The day I realised I had never tested a production backup

The day I realised I had never tested a production backup TL;DR — I had run dozens of test-backup restore drills and felt safe. What I had never done was pull a real production snapshot, decrypt it, and bring it up in a sandbox. The day I finally di...

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VvictorstackAIvictorstackai.hashnode.devMar 15 · 4 min read

Pantheon Is Green, But Your Deploy Still Needs a Gate

import TOCInline from '@theme/TOCInline'; Pantheon reporting "All Systems Operational" is a good signal, but it is not a deploy approval by itself. I treat platform status as one input in a release gate that also checks app health, migration safety, ...

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HSHarshit Sahuharshitsahu2311.hashnode.devJan 19 · 5 min read

What Is DevOps (Beyond Tools)

When most people hear the word DevOps, the first things that come to mind are tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, AWS, Terraform, or GitHub Actions. While these tools are important, they are not DevOps. DevOps is not a toolset.DevOps is a way of ...

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PBPratik Bapatbuild-deploy-pratik.hashnode.devOct 29, 2025 · 6 min read

🚀 Automating Kubernetes Deployment on RHEL 9 with Ansible Playbooks

Kubernetes installation can feel complex - configuring nodes, networking, runtimes, and ensuring compatibility across systems. With Ansible, we can simplify this entire process by automating each step consistently and repeatably. In this blog, you’ll...

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TTThe Trailthe-trail.hashnode.devOct 17, 2025 · 1 min read

ரஜினிகாந்தை சந்தித்த முன்னாள் முதல்வர் ஓ.பன்னீர்செல்வம் — அரை மணி நேர பேச்சு

நடிகர் ரஜினிகாந்தை முன்னாள் முதல்வர் ஓ.பன்னீர்செல்வம் (ஓபிஎஸ்) சென்னையில் உள்ள அவரது இல்லத்தில் சென்று சந்தித்தார். அவருடன் அவரது மகன் ரவீந்திரநாதும் இணைந்திருந்தார். நவராத்திரி விழாவில் ரஜினிகாந்த் வீட்டில் நடைபெறும் நிகழ்ச்சிகளில் ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும் க...

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PLPhanish Lakkarasuphanishlakarasu.hashnode.devAug 29, 2025 · 4 min read

Ops-First AI: Rethinking AI System Design from an Infrastructure Lens

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly moved from experimental models in research labs to production-grade systems driving critical business processes. However, much of the current AI system design prioritizes model accuracy, algorithmic novelty, o...

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Pantheon Is Green, But Your Deploy Still Needs a Gate

What Is DevOps (Beyond Tools)

🚀 Automating Kubernetes Deployment on RHEL 9 with Ansible Playbooks

ரஜினிகாந்தை சந்தித்த முன்னாள் முதல்வர் ஓ.பன்னீர்செல்வம் — அரை மணி நேர பேச்சு

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