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MLOps Tools For Managing & Orchestrating The Machine Learning LifeCycle

https://github.com/polyaxon/polyaxon

This dispatch offers a detailed walkthrough for backend engineers on creating a Kubernetes Operator using Go and Kubebuilder. The author, Amr Elhewy, simplifies complex DevOps concepts by building a practical "PodTracker" operator that sends Slack notifications for new pod creations.
https://hewi.blog/a-backend-engineer-lost-in-the-devops-world-making-a-kubernetes-operator-with-go

This write-up explores the emerging discipline of AI Reliability Engineering (AIRe) as the "Third Age of SRE." It argues that the unique challenges of AI workloads, such as their probabilistic nature and new failure modes like model decay, require an evolution of traditional Site Reliability Engineering principles.
https://thenewstack.io/ai-reliability-engineering-welcome-to-the-third-age-of-sre/

AWSDoor is a red team automation tool designed to simulate advanced attacker behavior in AWS environments

https://github.com/OtterHacker/AWSDoor

The Airgap Native Packager Manager for Kubernetes

https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf

This piece, "The MTTI Manifesto," argues for the importance of a new metric in incident response: Mean Time to Isolate. The author contends that the majority of outage time is spent identifying the problem's source, not fixing it, and that focusing on MTTI can drive significant improvements in system architecture and observability.
https://www.oldschoolburke.com/the-mtti-manifesto/

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This article discusses the importance of the "what went well" section in incident write-ups, arguing that it's more than just a morale booster. Lorin Hochstein suggests that detailing successful improvisations and diagnostic work can be a powerful learning tool for future incident responders.
https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/06/14/what-went-well-is-more-than-just-a-pat-on-the-back/

The Overlock Environment CLI

https://github.com/overlock-network/overlock

CDKTF ⚰️ Since December 10th
https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk

Mark Tinderholt's dispatch demonstrates how to use Terraform's testing features, from examples to assertions, in real-world scenarios. The author provides a guide to setting up a testing structure that maximizes the benefits of these tools.
https://www.marktinderholt.com/infrastructure-as-code/terraform/azure/cloud/2024/10/30/test-vwan.html

Asynchronous data replication for Kubernetes volumes

https://github.com/backube/volsync

Intelligence for Kubernetes. World's most promising Kubernetes Visualization Tool for Developer and Platform Engineering teams.

https://github.com/KusionStack/karpor

This post by Brian Chambers reflects on the lessons learned from launching an edge compute platform at Chick-fil-A. It discusses the challenges and successes of developing and scaling the platform from within the Enterprise Architecture team.
https://medium.com/chick-fil-atech/what-we-learned-from-launching-edge-compute-from-enterprise-architecture-1dc34e49482f

Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku.

https://github.com/Dokploy/dokploy

This analysis explores how eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) can be used to gain insights into real-time SSL/TLS encrypted traffic. The author, TJ. Podobnik, discusses how this technology allows for monitoring without compromising security.
https://medium.com/all-things-ebpf/what-insights-can-ebpf-provide-into-real-time-ssl-tls-encrypted-traffic-and-how-435c8ad33efc

Will Sulzer's report details the process of deploying self-hosted GitHub Action Runners on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) using a rootless Docker-in-Docker setup. The instructions focus on achieving this with minimal privileges for enhanced security.
https://medium.com/google-cloud/github-action-runners-on-gke-with-dind-rootless-bd54e23516c9