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DNS Resolution Simulator
Walk through the full DNS resolution process step by step
Kubernetes Scheduler
Place pods on nodes based on resource requests and constraints
Load Balancer Simulator
Compare round-robin, least connections, and weighted algorithms
CI/CD Pipeline Builder
Design a deployment pipeline with stages, gates, and rollbacks
Caching Simulator
See how cache hit rates change with different strategies
DDoS Defense
Protect your infrastructure from simulated attack patterns
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Hands-On Exercises
Practice real-world DevOps scenarios with step-by-step guidance
Git Workflow and Collaboration Fundamentals
Master essential Git workflows, branching strategies, and collaboration techniques used in modern development teams.
Redis Caching Strategies for Scalable Applications
Implement production-ready caching patterns with Redis to dramatically improve application performance and scalability.
Linux Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting
Master essential Linux performance analysis and optimization techniques to diagnose and resolve system bottlenecks.
Nginx Load Balancing and Reverse Proxy
Master load balancing and reverse proxy patterns with Nginx to build resilient, scalable infrastructure.
Complete Web Server Automation with Ansible
Build a comprehensive Ansible playbook to automate web server deployment, configuration, and security hardening across multiple environments.
Deploy a DigitalOcean Droplet with Terraform
Learn Infrastructure as Code basics by deploying a simple web server on DigitalOcean using Terraform. Perfect for beginners starting their IaC journey.
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Test Your Knowledge
Short interactive quizzes across Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, networking, and more
Ansible Configuration Management Quiz
Configuration Management
Test your Ansible skills with playbooks, roles, inventory management, and automation scenarios for infrastructure configuration
GitOps with Argo CD: Multi-Environment Repository Structure Quiz
GitOps
Test your knowledge of structuring Git repositories for Argo CD deployments across dev, staging, and production environments. Covers repo layout patterns, ApplicationSets, Kustomize overlays, Helm value files, and sync policies.
AWS Cloud Services Quiz
AWS
Master cloud architecture through real-world AWS scenarios covering compute, storage, networking, and best practices
CI/CD Fundamentals Quiz
CI/CD
Master the basics of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment, including pipelines, version control, automated testing, and deployment strategies
CI/CD Pipelines Quiz
CI/CD
Test your CI/CD pipeline knowledge with scenarios covering build stages, artifact promotion, environment strategy, deployment patterns, and rollbacks.
Cloud Cost Allocation Tags Quiz
FinOps
Debug tagging gaps, fix broken cost reports, and set up consistent allocation tags across AWS, GCP, and Azure for accurate chargeback and showback
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OpenTofu in 2026: Should You Switch from Terraform (and What It Actually Costs You)
OpenTofu has matured into a real Terraform alternative in 2026. Here is what the fork gives you, why the migration is easier than you think, and where the actual lock-in hides.
Zero-Downtime Database Migrations for PostgreSQL in Production
A single ALTER TABLE can take down a busy PostgreSQL database for minutes. This post shows why that happens and how to ship schema changes safely with lock timeouts, the expand-and-contract pattern, and copy-paste SQL recipes for indexes, columns, constraints, and type changes.
Hetzner's Third Price Increase in Three Months: What DevOps Teams Should Do
Hetzner is changing dedicated server and cloud pricing again on June 15, 2026. Here is what changed, why customers are frustrated, and how to decide whether to stay, resize, or move workloads.
How NetEase Games Cut LLM Cold Starts From 42 Minutes to 30 Seconds Using Fluid
NetEase Games published a Kubernetes case study walking through how they took their serverless GPU inference cold-start time from 42 minutes down to under 30 seconds. The bottleneck isn't the GPU. It's the 60GB model weights crossing a region. Here is what they did with the CNCF Fluid project and how to apply the same pattern even if you are not on Kubernetes.
OpenTelemetry Just Graduated: What to Retire from Your Stack This Quarter
On May 21, 2026, CNCF graduated OpenTelemetry. All three core signals (traces, metrics, logs) are now production-ready, the project is the second-most-active in CNCF after Kubernetes itself, and Anthropic, Bloomberg, Capital One, eBay, and Heroku run it at scale. Here is the decision framework for what proprietary agents you can stop running, what is still risky, and the 90-day adoption checklist.
How to Build an Effective On-Call Rotation and Escalation Policy
Your phone buzzed at 3:14 AM for a disk warning that auto-resolved by 3:16. Nobody fixes the alert. The next person on rotation hates their life. Here is how to build on-call schedules, escalation policies, and alert rules that respect your engineers.
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Latest Guides
Step-by-step tutorials to boost your DevOps skills
Security Gates
Implement automated security gates that block deployments on critical vulnerabilities, policy violations, and security failures. Shift security left in your CI/CD pipeline.
Introduction to Packer
Learn how to build automated machine images with HashiCorp Packer, from basic concepts to multi-platform image creation
Introduction to AWS
Learn AWS step by step by building a real cloud application. Covers IAM, EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, load balancing, Lambda, CloudWatch, and cost control.
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DevOps Tools and Calculators
Free, browser-only utilities. CIDR, JWT, base64, UUID, cron, K8s sizing, YAML. No sign-up, no server.
CIDR Calculator
CIDR subnet calculator: parse a CIDR block to get network range, subnet mask, broadcast address, usable IPs, and check whether an IP belongs to the network.
JWT Decoder
JWT decoder that parses the header, payload, and signature in your browser. Shows human-readable expiry and issued-at, with no token sent to any server.
Base64 / URL
Encode or decode base64 and URL-safe strings. Handy for secrets, Kubernetes manifests, and API debugging.
UUID / Secret
Generate UUIDs (v4, v7), random hex tokens, and base64 secrets suitable for Kubernetes secrets or API keys.
Cron Parser
Cron expression parser that translates schedules into plain English and previews the next 5 run times in your local timezone. Validates 5 and 6-field syntax.
K8s Resources
Size CPU and memory requests / limits for a Pod based on workload characteristics, replicas, and headroom.
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