anyone else feel like ai tools are either quiet helpers or complete chaos?

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i’ve been messing around with a bunch of these ai coding tools lately, and honestly some of them feel like they’re trying way too hard. a few of the agent-style ones start touching files i didn’t even bring up. cool demos, scary in real projects.

the ones that actually stick for me are the calmer ones that stay in lane like aider when i need clean multi-file edits, windsurf or cursor when i want a simple plan instead of a magic trick, and cosine whenever i’m lost in a big repo and need to follow the logic across a bunch of files. i’ve tried tabnine and continue dev too, but they’re hit or miss depending on the day.

curious if anyone else is going through this, what tools ended up becoming part of your routine, and which ones did you quietly uninstall because they made more mess than progress?

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testing platforms with actual AI (not just marketing fluff) do they exist?

Every vendor pitch i sit through now mentions "AI powered" something but when you dig into it, it's just basic automation with maybe a chatgpt integration slapped on top.

I'm looking for a test automation platform that actually uses AI in meaningful ways, like understanding user intent, adapting to ui changes without breaking, generating test scenarios from app exploration, that kind of stuff. Not just keyword matching or basic ml.

We're running a pretty standard ci/cd pipeline with github actions, about 300 tests across ui and api. Current setup is playwright which works fine but maintenance is brutal. Every release we spend half a day fixing tests that broke due to ui changes.

Has anyone actually used an ai test automation platform that delivered on the promises? Or is this all just next gen marketing speak for the same old stuff?

Genuinely curious because if the tech is there i want to try it, but i'm not interested in another "revolutionary" tool that's just selenium with extra steps.

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Failing Every Devops Interview need help

Hey everyone, I’m going through a tough phase and could really use some advice from this community.

I was laid off on 10th October 2025, and since then I’ve been actively interviewing for DevOps roles. It’s been a little over 2 months now, but I keep failing interviews. Some rounds feel like they go well, yet I still end up rejected, and I’m honestly not sure where I’m falling short.

I’ve been practicing Jenkins, Git, Linux, AWS basics, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and doing hands-on labs, but I feel like something is still missing, either in my preparation or in the way I communicate during interviews.

If anyone here has been through something similar or is currently working in DevOps, I’d really appreciate any guidance. What should I focus on the most?

How do you approach DevOps interviews?

Any good resources/labs/mock interview groups to improve?

What helped you break into your first DevOps job?

Any help or honest feedback would mean a lot. Thanks in advance.

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AI-Powered Attack Automation: When Machine Learning Writes the Exploit Code 🤖

https://instatunnel.my/blog/ai-powered-attack-automation-when-machine-learning-writes-the-exploit-code

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Are Azure DevOps pipelines hard to use or is it just me?

Hello all. This one is a bit of a discussion/rant but I wanted to get some opinions on the state of Azure DevOps Pipelines versus the competitors. Have been banging my head against it just trying to do simple stuff such as having it work with combinations of static and dynamic inputs and I feel like I'm finding 1,000 ways to do it wrong and zero ways to get it working.

I think I understand the difference between compile-time and runtime parameters, but it seems incredibly difficult to find the right magic incantation to get runtime parameters to evaluate correctly, especially when using lots and lots of templates (I'm currently working at a place with an existing pipeline setup that I'm trying to amend and there are several layers of nested templates to deal with).

I've been working either directly in DevOps teams or adjacent to them for well over a decade now and have worked with TeamCity, Octopus, Jenkins and GitLab pipelines and I have never had so many headaches as I've had with Azure DevOps pipelines. Is this a common experience?

If it's not, and it's actually just down to my own lack of understanding (very possible) then can anyone recommend some good training resources?

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Tools like Graphite and Coderabbit any good?

I’ve been seeing people talk about Graphite and CodeRabbit on twitter and in some YT breakdowns, but it’s hard to tell what’s hype and what’s actually useful when you’re still new to the skill. 

I’m a junior backend dev and my biggest struggle is keeping PRs readable and making sure I’m not missing stuff when reviewing others’ work.

Looking for tool recommendations pls 🙏

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Aws lambda deployments. Sam vs aws deploy

In production what should be used

Sam or aws deploy noscripts ?

Since Sam is doing lot of management. For startups is it OK to use Sam in the ci cd ?


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Asked a fresher to shut down an EC2 server… he shut down his own laptop instead

So this happened at work and I’m still laughing about it.

I told a fresher on our team to shut down an EC2 instance before he left for the day so we could save on AWS costs.

Next morning, I log in and see the server is still running.
I ask him, “Hey, did you actually shut it down?”
He nods confidently, “Yes sir, I did. I ran the shutdown command in the terminal.”

Now I’m confused, so I ask him to show me what he did.

He opens his laptop, types the shutdown command in his local terminal, hits enter… and his laptop instantly goes black. Just shuts off.
He looks at me like, “See? It works.”

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I Need Scaling YOLOv11/OpenCV warehouse analytics to ~1000 sites – edge vs centralized?

I am currently working on a computer vision analytics project. Now its the time for deployment.

This project is used fro operational analytics inside the warehouse.

The stacks i am used are opencv and yolo v11

Each warehouse gonna have minimum of 3 cctv camera.


I want to know:
should i consider the centralised server to process images realtime or edge computing.


what is your opinon and suggestion?
if anybody worked on this similar could you pls help me how you actually did it.

Thanks in advance

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Production and at scale Kubernetes learning advice

Currently, manage 2 non prod clusters and 1 prod cluster that are dedicated to my team only. Have pretty decent setup, push based gitops, helm, cluster autoscalers, HPA, fluentd logging to cloudwatch, prometheus/grafana/thanos stack for observability.

Looking for some jobs that require K8s in production and at scale.

What do I have to learn and do to be in that level?



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Senior Devops contractor in Zurich

Hey everyone,

Apologies if this sub is not the right one to ask, but I was wondering if anyone knows what the current daily rate is for a Senior Devops in Zurich. I am interviewing for a 'long term' contract (B2B) and relocation to Zurich is needed (I don't live in Switzerland). I was offered 700-800 CHF per day.

My suspicion, knowing the costs of living in Zurich, is that this significantly on the lower side.

Thanks for your help !

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Job Skills to Gain

This is going to sound like a weird ask, but I am asking for some suggestions on some skills I should learn.

I’m currently a senior cloud engineer and have a lot of the tech stuff down, if it’s something new I am also good enough to put it together and leverage AI to help me learn my missing gap.

I’m looking at things that could help enhance my career to architect or manager level. I was thinking about doing a communication course but the ones I found on Udemy were super dry.

I also was thinking of data analytics but I am missing the idea of where I can use it at since I’m a consultant.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Stop looking at CPU usage, start looking at PSI

Simple example with two Linux servers:

Server A: CPU \~100%. Latency is low, requests are fast. Doing video encode. Server B: CPU \~40%. API calls are timing out, SSH is lagging.

If you only look at CPU graphs, A looks worse than B. In reality A is just busy. B is the one under pressure because tasks are waiting for CPU. I still see alerts / autoscaling rules like:

>CPU > 80% for 5 minutes

CPU% just says “cores are busy”. It does not say “tasks are stuck”.

Linux (4.20+) has PSI (Pressure Stall Information) in /proc/pressure/*.
This tells you how much time tasks are stalled on CPU / memory / IO.

Example from /proc/pressure/cpu:

some avg10=0.00 avg60=5.23 avg300=2.10 total=1234567

Here avg60=5.23 means: in the last 60 seconds, tasks were stalled 5.23% of the time because there was no CPU.

For a small observability project I hack on (Linnix, eBPF-based), I stopped using load average and switched to /proc/pressure/cpu for the “is this box in trouble?” logic. False alarms dropped a lot.

Longer write-up with more details is here:
https://parth21shah.substack.com/p/stop-looking-at-cpu-usage-start-looking

Anyone here actually using PSI in prod alerts?

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I built an open-source tool for debugging Kubernetes with LLMs - Kubently

Hey y'all - been working on a side project and figured this community might find it useful (or tear it apart, or most likely both) and I've learned a lot just building it. I've been part of another agentic platform engineering project (CAIPE) which introduced me to a lot of the concepts so definitely grateful for that but building this from scratch was a bigger undertaking than I think I originally intended, ha! Full disclosure - there's lots of room for improvement and I have lots of ideas on how to make it better but wanted to get some community feedback on what I have so far to understand if this is something people are actually interested in or if it's a total miss. I think it's useful as is but I definitely built with future enhancements in mind (ie black box architecture/easy to swap out core agent logic/LLM/etc) so its not an insane undertaking when I get around to tackling them.

**Kubently** is an open-source tool for troubleshooting Kubernetes agentically - basically lets you debug clusters through natural conversation with any major LLM. The name is a play on "Kubernetes" + "agentically" if that wasn't obvious.

Why I built it: kubectl output is verbose, debugging is manual, managing multiple clusters means constant context-switching, and honestly agents debug faster than I can half the time. So I built something that fixes this.

**What it does:**

* \~50ms command delivery via SSE
* Read-only operations by default (secure by design)
* Native A2A protocol support - works with whatever LLM you're running
* Integrates with existing A2A systems like [CAIPE](https://cnoe-io.github.io/ai-platform-engineering/)
* LangGraph/LangChain
* Runs on any K8s cluster - EKS, GKE, AKS, bare metal, doesn't matter
* Multi-cluster from day one - deploy lightweight executors to each cluster, manage from single API

Docs: [https://kubently.io](https://kubently.io)

GitHub: [https://github.com/kubently/kubently](https://github.com/kubently/kubently)

Would love feedback, bug reports, or feature requests. And if you find it useful, a star on GitHub would be awesome.

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As a freshman in college in Europe, how should I get into devops in 2025?

So I figured the question isn't whether AI threatens DevOps, since the "traditional way" of approaching any specialization is basically threatened.

How do I get into DevOps with all the AI resources given? I felt lost in a sea of resources, which most honestly doesn't make much sense, so this subreddit might be a good place to ask.

Thank you for your perspective in advance!

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Found a great GitHub repo of hands on DevOps/Cloud projects

Hey folks,

I came across this GitHub repo, which seems like a solid collection of practical DevOps and cloud infrastructure projects for learning and building skills:

https://github.com/NotHarshhaa/DevOps-Projects


What I want feedback on (that’s why I’m sharing):
• Do you guys think the scope and complexity of these projects reflect “real-world DevOps” work?
• Are there parts or types of projects you’d consider essential for a strong DevOps portfolio that are missing?
• Would working through these give enough depth for someone preparing for cloud or DevOps roles (or certs)?
• Any concerns about using this kind of repo-based learning as a proxy for on the job experience?

If you know of better repos / project collections, or have had a similar experience learning via GitHub I’d love to hear about that too.

Thanks!


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Trying to break into SRE — need guidance

Hey everyone,
I’m looking to transition into an SRE role and I’m not fully sure what direction to take from here. I’m currently in a TechOps role where most of my time goes into debugging production issues, monitoring system behavior, and handling incident-style problems at an L1/L2 level.

Here’s what I’ve worked with so far:

Manual debugging using browser DevTools (network tab, console errors, API/asset failures)
Basic API investigation (REST + GraphQL)
Monitoring and observability: New Relic (dashboards + logs), Pingdom, Grafana
Linux fundamentals: logs, permissions, SSH, basic troubleshooting
Automating tasks using Bash, Python (early stage), and Playwright (web automation)
Cron-based scheduling for noscripts and recurring jobs
Source control: Git basics (branches, merge, revert, etc.)
Beginner cloud exposure (mostly AWS concepts but not deep hands-on yet)
Basic networking: DNS, ports, VPN, proxy behavior, routing, CDN troubleshooting

Outside my day job, I’ve been doing bug bounty as a side skill to sharpen my debugging mindset. I mainly focus on web security weaknesses and medium-level writeups, not just low-effort submissions. One of the notable findings I reported was to Salesforce — nothing huge, but it got acknowledged and boosted my confidence that I can spot real-world failures, not just theoretical ones.

Recently I’ve been learning Docker and Docker Compose and planning to move toward Kubernetes next. I’m also trying to learn CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, aws-cdk), but it’s hard to judge if I’m prioritizing the right things.

What I’m looking for help with:

What’s the expected foundational skill set for someone trying to break into SRE from support/TechOps?
Should I prioritize a cloud cert (AWS/GCP), or get hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, pipelines, etc. first?
Are there any projects that would make my profile stand out instead of just listing tools or tutorials?
How do you know when you’re “actually ready” to apply for SRE roles?
How to land my first DevOps/SRE job?

Any guidance, personal experience, or roadmap recommendations from folks who’ve already made this jump would help a lot.
Thanks in advance.

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FREE APP PROMOTION

DM me your app and we can talk about a possible collaboration

In simple terms, what I do is help founders grow early traction through short form content. We create and send out ready to post TikToks tailored to your app’s niche and you just post them. It is a collaboration. You get consistent reach and user feedback, while we handle the creative and strategy side.

No cost at all. The reason is we already produce hundreds of TikToks weekly, and what we really need are real founders who can post them. In return, you get content that is customized for your app, consistent posting without the burnout, and real reach that helps you find users and feedback faster.

You could do it solo, but this just saves you time, keeps it consistent, and gets you exposure with zero risk or learning curve.

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Which AI to choose for coding? URGENT

I'm not a developer or anyone with coding knowledge

Quick backstory : I hired a local developer to make me an accounting software for my workshop because of low budget. But he did a really poor job and then i moved to AI platforms to work on it myself. The software is based on Electron app and uses JS codes. It has one index file for the backend and logics and The frontend end folder has all the pages in it. I used AI platforms to modify the software and really did a lot but now i am stuck and cannot find a good AI platform to complete things for me.
They all mess it up and ruin the code.
The codes are mostly around 1000 line ( less or above). It has been 3 months of me constantly working on this day night and it just takes so much time to have one issue fixed because it constantly gives me errors and then having to go back and forth a thousand time with the AI to be able to achieve a good working code free of errors. I have to fix one thing then run the whole compilation again to be able to see if it's working now then again and again and again

Now, I'm willing to buy a subnoscription for one of the AIs to completely depend on that and wrap it up quickly because i cannot waste my time no more as it is effecting my work and time management really bad.

Platforms i have used:(free ones)

Chatgpt
Deepseek
Grok(best one yet)
Github copilot
Gemini
Claude

I am not a professional and have no knowledge on what models to use of what platforms but i feel like i should go for premium of something so that maybe it works more intelligently.

Please help me get this done🙏🏼

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Does hybrid security create invisible friction no one admits?

Hybrid security policies don’t just block access, they subtly shape how people work. Some teams duplicate work just to avoid policy conflicts. Some folks even find workarounds, probably not great. Nobody talks about it because it’s invisible to leadership, but it’s real. Do you all see this in your orgs, or is it just us?


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devs who’ve tested a bunch of AI tools, what actually reduced your workload instead of increasing it?



i’ve been hopping between a bunch of these coding agents and honestly most of them felt cool for a few days and then started getting in the way. after a while i just wanted a setup that doesn’t make me babysit it.

right now i’ve narrowed it down to a small mix. cosine has stayed in the rotation, along with aider, windsurf, cursor’s free tier, cody, and continue dev. tried a few others that looked flashy but didn’t really click long term.

curious what everyone else settled on. which ones did you keep, and which ones did you quietly uninstall after a week?

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