DevOps & SRE notes

A K8s operator to reduce CO2 footprint of your clusters

https://github.com/kube-green/kube-green

Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS, and Windows operating systems.

https://github.com/nicolargo/glances

Building scalable infrastructure is crucial for organizations looking to handle growth and ensure long-term sustainability. This article from Spacelift discusses best practices for creating scalable infrastructure, focusing on automation, modularity, and efficient resource management. Learn how to design infrastructure that can scale with your needs while maintaining reliability and performance.

https://spacelift.io/blog/scalable-infrastructure

Engineering productivity is essential for delivering high-quality software efficiently, and with the rise of Generative AI (GenAI), teams can leverage new tools to boost their workflows. This article explores how engineering productivity metrics are evolving with the integration of GenAI, offering insights into measuring and improving productivity while adopting AI-powered solutions in software development processes.

https://isthisit.nz/posts/2024/engineering-productivity-metrics-genai/

The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

https://github.com/starship/starship

Intuitive find & replace CLI (sed alternative)

https://github.com/chmln/sd

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Effective trace instrumentation is crucial for gaining deep insights into distributed systems, and adhering to semantic conventions can enhance observability. This article from Honeycomb discusses the importance of following semantic conventions when instrumenting traces, ensuring that data is meaningful and consistent across services. Learn how to implement best practices for trace instrumentation to improve system performance monitoring and debugging.

https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/effective-trace-instrumentation-semantic-conventions

If you work in shell/terminal often enough, then over time the history will become your personal knowledge vault, documentation and command reference. Being able to use this personal documentation efficiently can hugely boost your productivity. So, here are a couple of tips on how to optimize your shell history configuration and usage to get the most out of it.

https://martinheinz.dev/blog/110

Fly through your shell history. Great Scott!

https://github.com/cantino/mcfly

ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

Alert fatigue can significantly reduce the effectiveness of monitoring systems, leading to missed critical alerts. This article from Datadog offers best practices to prevent alert fatigue, focusing on strategies such as fine-tuning alert thresholds, reducing noise, and using dynamic alerting systems. Learn how to implement these practices to ensure that your alerting system remains actionable and effective, improving both system reliability and team response times.

https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/best-practices-to-prevent-alert-fatigue/

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Understanding the difference between microflows and workflows is essential for effectively designing and orchestrating business processes. This whitepaper from WSO2 offers a precise definition of microflows, distinguishing them from traditional workflows. It delves into how short-lived orchestrations (microflows) fit into the larger context of business process management, and their specific use cases. Gain insights into how microflows can enhance efficiency and agility in modern software architectures.

https://wso2.com/whitepapers/towards-a-precise-definition-of-microflows-distinguishing-short-lived-orchestration-from-workflows/

Developer Friendly Kubernetes 👁

https://github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops

Automating deployments can significantly improve efficiency, but it also introduces unique challenges and risks. This article from Slack Engineering explores the potential pitfalls of automating deploys, highlighting the importance of balancing speed with caution. Learn about the technical and organizational considerations that Slack faced while automating their deployment processes and discover best practices for minimizing risks while leveraging automation.

https://slack.engineering/the-scary-thing-about-automating-deploys/

Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.

https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom

📚 Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands

https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr

Kubernetes is a powerful platform for managing containerized applications, but it can be challenging to master. This guide from Marco Behler provides a comprehensive introduction to Kubernetes, covering essential concepts such as containers, pods, services, and deployments. Whether you're a beginner or looking to deepen your knowledge, this guide offers practical insights and examples to help you understand and effectively use Kubernetes for managing your infrastructure.

https://www.marcobehler.com/guides/kubernetes