DevOps Bulletin

Digest #179: Vibe Coding Hype, DevOps Exercises, Terraform+MCP, Windows inside a Docker

AI coding isn’t a silver bullet, Rust beats microservices for simplicity, Kubernetes adds cost-saving features, AWS beginners get easy tips, and you can…

Sep 12 • 

Mohamed Labouardy

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Digest #178: GitHub Secrets Leak, Building an AI Server, Docker→Kubernetes and ArgoCD Anti-Patterns

GitHub secrets, the real story behind CPU utilization, staging environment fixes from Signadot, Docker vs Podman, Redis caching, ArgoCD anti-patterns…

Sep 5 • 

Mohamed Labouardy

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August 2025

Digest #177: AWS in 2025, HashiCorp Vault Zero-Day Flaws, Why No SRE, Docker-Compose Tricks

AWS changes you thought you knew, Netflix’s Java-powered stack, nine zero-day flaws in HashiCorp Vault, why an SRE team isn’t always needed, and…

Aug 22 • 

Mohamed Labouardy

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Digest #176: AWS Account Wipe, Pinterest’s Kubernetes Bug, Kamal + Terraform Deployment

Git worktrees, AI-powered security forms, threat detection at Netflix, sharding explained simply, SQL-writing LLMs, and open-source gems like Hetty and…

Aug 8 • 

Mohamed Labouardy

Digest #175: Zero Secrets on GCP, AI Malware in npm, Kubernetes Tips, GitHub Actions with Claude

GCP scan reveals no exposed secrets, Netflix shares a 60-second Linux performance guide, AI-generated npm malware targets Solana wallets, plus tutorials…

Aug 1 • 

Mohamed Labouardy

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July 2025

Digest #174: MCP Best Practices, Amazon Q Hack, Kubernetes Savings, Terraform generation with Claude

Malicious prompt hits Amazon Q, GitHub Actions cache gets a 10× speed boost, and a live GPU cost-cutting workshop for Kubernetes teams.

Jul 25 • 

Mohamed Labouardy

Digest #173: Figma’s $300K/day AWS bill, Soham Parekh and MCP security checklist

How Uber saved 50% on CI, what’s behind Figma’s $300K/day AWS bill, why IAM needs an attack-graph approach, and the latest open source projects.

Jul 4 • 

Mohamed Labouardy

June 2025

Digest #172: Kubernetes 2.0, GCP Incident and AWS Lambda Hacks

What a modern Kubernetes reboot might look like, why SELECT FOR UPDATE can cause more harm than good, how Pinterest handles EC2 throttling, and why some…

Jun 20 • 

Mohamed Labouardy

Digest #171: Git Optimization, FinOps X, Terraform State, Kubernetes 1.33, and DevOps Security Threats

GitLab’s 41-min backup breakthrough, AI-powered FinOps from the cloud giants, Infrastructure-from-Code pitfalls, Terraform state best practices…

Jun 13 • 

Mohamed Labouardy

Digest #170: Helm Chart Security Issues, IaC in Multi-Cloud, FinOps X & AWS Cost Explorer Update, Docker & Terraform Tips, VPA Deep Dive

Kubernetes security gaps, managing IaC across clouds, reducing Google Cloud SQL costs, new AWS cost features, REST API design tips, Prometheus anomaly…

Jun 6 • 

Mohamed Labouardy

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May 2025

Digest #169: GitHub MCP Exploited, Uber’s Multi-Cloud Secrets, Server Scheduling to Slash Costs, Google SRE Updates, Root Access in Prod …

GitHub security incident, secrets at scale, shutting down idle servers, tips from AWS and Google SREs, GitLab prompt injection, Terraform backend fixes…

May 30 • 

Mohamed Labouardy

Digest #168: OpenAI’s PostgreSQL at Scale, Databricks Buys Neon, S3 Migration Saves 90%, FinOps Tips, GitHub Actions Hardening & ECS with…

PostgreSQL tuning at OpenAI, $1B Neon deal, 300M-file S3 migration, EC2 boot time tricks, secrets management checklist, Kubernetes operator upgrades…

May 23 • 

Mohamed Labouardy