Digest #199: Claude Skill for Terraform, Google SRE with Gemini, Postgres Tips and Moltbot Security
Why SRE may be replacing traditional software engineering, and how teams are improving Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud cost efficiency in production. We also cover Postgres best practices for AI agents.
Welcome to this week’s edition of the DevOps Bulletin.
We open with a growing problem security teams are quietly struggling with. AI tools are moving sensitive data across SaaS and internal systems in ways most security stacks cannot see.
In the news section, we cover why SRE may be replacing traditional software engineering roles, how Grab improved container startup times with Docker lazy loading, the often overlooked risks hidden in SSL certificates, and practical guidance on designing ETL architectures that do not collapse at scale.
This week’s tutorials focus on making GitHub Actions more reliable, how Google SREs use Gemini CLI during real outages, running self managed GitLab runners on Kubernetes, cutting EKS compute costs by thirty five percent, and Postgres best practices when building AI agents.
This week’s video breaks down the real risks behind AI automation tools like Cloudbot. It explains how prompt injection, exposed API keys, and lack of separation between user data and control logic turn convenience into a serious security problem.
The open source picks include a Claude skill for Terraform and OpenTofu best practices, a local first Text to SQL model, an AWS optimization tool that finds waste through dependency graphs, a multi agent Claude Code orchestrator for CI/CD driven workflows, a Kubernetes native database platform, and a red team tool abusing calendar invites for phishing simulations.
All this and more in this week’s DevOps Bulletin, don’t miss out!
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Newsworthy stories
Tutorials of the week
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Videos of the week
Projects of the week
A Claude skill that gives practical Terraform and OpenTofu best practices for testing, modules, CI CD, security, and production ready infrastructure code.
A small local Text2SQL model that turns plain English questions into executable SQL with cloud level accuracy and full data privacy.
An AWS optimization tool that finds cloud waste through dependency graph analysis and safely remediates it with full ownership attribution.
A self-hosted multi agent Claude Code orchestrator that runs parallel workers on one repo and auto merges progress through CI.
An Kubernetes native platform for provisioning, scaling, and managing databases with lower operational overhead and better cost control.
A red team platform for running phishing campaigns using spoofed calendar invites that auto appear in Outlook and Gmail.
Meme of the week
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