DevTips
One tip per page, each small enough to try before your coffee cools. Mostly the fixes and flags I wish someone had told me sooner.
Policy-as-Code Governance with OPA/Rego
- DevOps & DevSecOps
- 24 Feb, 2026
- 03 Mins read
Why policy-as-code matters The governance problem Managing infrastructure at scale gets complicated fast. As your infrastructure grows, keeping it consistent and compliant gets harder. M
Setting Up GitHub Copilot Agent Skills in Your Repository
- Developer Tools & Productivity
- 26 Jan, 2026
- 06 Mins read
Why teach Copilot new skills? What a skill actually is If you're ready to teach Copilot some new tricks, Agent Skills are your answer. Built on the agentskills.io op
7 Reasons Learning the Linux Terminal is Worth It (Even for Beginners)
- DevOps & DevSecOps
- 05 Jan, 2026
- 03 Mins read
Why learn the Linux terminal? Why it still matters Even with the graphical tools and AI assistants available now, the terminal is the most direct way to work with a Linux system. It's a core
Docker Is Eating Your Disk Space (And How PruneMate Fixes It)
- Containers & Docker
- 02 Jan, 2026
- 05 Mins read
The problem: Docker is eating your disk space What it looks like when it happens Your Docker host is running out of space. Again. You've been spinning up containers, testing new services
Understanding Kubernetes Services: ClusterIP vs NodePort vs LoadBalancer
- DevOps & Kubernetes
- 23 Dec, 2025
- 04 Mins read
If you're working with Kubernetes, you've probably noticed that Pods come and go, and their IP addresses keep changing. That's where Services come in. They give you a stable way to keep your apps acce
Managing Terraform at Scale with Terragrunt
- Cloud & Infrastructure Automation
- 21 Dec, 2025
- 03 Mins read
The problem with Terraform at scale Duplicated code across environments If you're managing infrastructure with Terraform across several environments or projects, you've probably hit the point
HashiCorp Pulls the Plug on CDKTF
- Cloud & Infrastructure Automation
- 15 Dec, 2025
- 03 Mins read
CDKTF is officially deprecated The deprecation announcement Well, it finally happened. HashiCorp (now owned by IBM) officially deprecated the Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (CDKTF)
Tracing Microservices with OpenTelemetry
- Observability & Monitoring
- 23 Jun, 2025
- 03 Mins read
Why monitor your microservices? The complexity of distributed systems If you're juggling multiple services, it's hard to track how they work together. OpenTelemetry lets you follow one reques