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The 6 Kubernetes Habits That Separate Senior Engineers From Everyone Else

The production habits that matter more than memorizing another set of kubectl flags.

June 2, 20268 min read
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03 / PYTHON / AI69% read rate

I Deleted pip, pyenv, poetry, and virtualenv. Then OpenAI Bought the Thing That Replaced Them

How one Rust binary simplified an entire Python workflow - and what the ownership change means for production teams.

June 7, 20267 min read
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04 / AI TOOLING / DEVOPS55% read rate

I Replaced 11 MCP Servers With 6 Skills - My Backend Workflow Got Faster, Cheaper, and Smarter

A leaner approach to agent tooling that preserves live integrations while moving engineering procedures into skills.

May 26, 20267 min read
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05 / KUBERNETES / SRE59% read rate

Stop Setting Kubernetes CPU Limits (Yes, Really)

Why a common line of deployment YAML can quietly damage tail latency, and when CPU limits still make sense.

June 11, 20266 min read
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