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Sourced news, in-depth analysis and hands-on tutorials across AI engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure as code and security. Every article is reviewed by a human editor.
The real dependabot.yml files behind jithendar.com, MOKS, RoboShop AI and my infra repos: grouping, cooldowns, ignores, security updates and an FAQ.
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How we replaced four Redis pods with one shared, highly available Valkey on Minikube: Sentinel, HAProxy, per-app ACLs, Istio mTLS, Terraform and an FAQ.
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Istio on Minikube: architecture, a Bookinfo lab, an Istio gateway as the only edge, STRICT mTLS for the whole mesh, dry-run authorization and real fixes.
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How we built one highly available PostgreSQL 18 cluster for every app on Minikube: CloudNativePG, Helm releases in Terraform, PgBouncer, Istio access, FAQ.
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Adding Istio 1.30 and Kiali 2.34 to a self-hosted Minikube cluster: what the traffic graph showed, the outage it caused, and our Kiali checklist.
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How system design moved from mainframes and client-server apps to the web, SOA, the cloud and microservices, and why each change happened. Part 1 of 2.
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Platform engineering, AI-native architecture, one shop designed in 1992, 2012 and 2026, a real case study and how interviews changed. Part 2 of 2.
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Eight areas where engineering teams make the decisions that matter most right now.
Systems the editor has built, and how they work.
MOKS investigates production problems with live Kubernetes, Prometheus and Loki evidence, keeping observed facts apart from suspected causes.
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How this site works - Next.js on Minikube with PostgreSQL, Redis, Cloudflare R2, built-in admin, audit log, encrypted backups and full observability.
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A polyglot microservices store - TypeScript, Python, Java - with an AI shopping assistant, MCP tools and full observability, deployed with Argo CD.
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The rules behind the publication, so you know what you can rely on.
An editor reviews and approves every article before it is published.
Editorial policyNews and summaries cite their sources, listed at the end of each article.
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Corrections policyAI may assist with discovery and drafts. It never publishes on its own.
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Writes and edits Jithendar.com and builds the systems behind it, including RoboShop AI, a public microservices storefront with an AI shopping assistant, deployed on Kubernetes.