Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 20/12/2025🤨 All AI traffic is context-aware. It's stateful. Context-aware networking is the new norm in AI workloads, which means we need to implement workflows for long-term and short-term memory. 110
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Fine-tuning a Model could take A LOT of resources Example: Llama has 7 billion parameters and 2-7B weight matrices. That's where LoRA/PEFT come into play. Instead of having to update/train every part of the Model, it adds the new training layer on top of what already exists. 010
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Inference in AI breakdown (and a need-to-know) 👇 ✅ Inference == Make a prediction on unseen/new data. ✅ Inference Routing == the infrastructure layer. #kubernetes #agenticai #LLMs 011
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Consolidating 15 years of software engineering, cyber security, DevOps, and cloud into bite-sized bits 👇 Posting daily as I'm working. Sharing tips and tricks as I go michaellevan.substack.commichaellevan.substack.comMichael Levan | SubstackConsolidating 15 years of software engineering, cyber security, DevOps, and cloud into bitesized bits. Click to read Michael Levan, a Substack publication. Launched a day ago. 000
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Security is actually pretty simple: 1. Ensure that the data is secure 2. Ensure that any third-party libraries/packages you're using in your code are secure Well... since that's 100% of security, I guess security isn't all that simple lol 000
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Cloud Detection Response (CDR) and Network Detection Response (NDR) 👇 Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) focuses purely on cloud environments. (cont) #kubernetes #devops #platformengineering 100
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025An important reminder when using `port-forward` with Kubernetes. If you run something like `kubectl port-forward svc/service_name portnumber:port:number` You're bringing the traffic from the Kubernetes to your local computer. (cont) #kubernetes #devops #platformengineering 100
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I updated KoaPerf to include: 1. AWS Support! You can get recommendations for containerized apps running in AWS now. 2. A better UI (more visually appealing) Check it out at the link below 👇 koaperf-apeseqd2cehnhjgh.z03.azurefd.net #kubernetes #devops #platformengineering 011
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025For any organization, big or small. Enterprise or startup. Figuring out the workflow of how environments should be deployed, managed, and most importantly, what should be deployed and managed is the make or break. (cont) #kubernetes #devops #platformengineering 100
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 20/04/2025I built a free tool to tell you the best place to deploy containerized workloads. koaperf-apeseqd2cehnhjgh.z03.azurefd.net (cont) #kubernetes #devops #platformengineering 100
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 17/04/2025After planning and deploying a Kubernetes environment, you're left with: ✅ Performance optimization ✅ Monitoring and observability ✅ Upgrades and a few other specifics that are necessary to ensure k8s is running as expected. #kubernetes #devops #platformengineering 020
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The tool needs to be deployed before it can be used. ArgoCD is a great example of this. Argo is implemented for workloads in k8s to be deployed automatically based on an interval instead of having to run a bunch of `kubectl apply -f` commands locally or in a pipeline. (cont)buff.lyKeeping The Lights On: Pipeline Differentiations for CICD 110
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I was recently on a consulting project and the goal was to optimize AWS EKS. It came down to a few key aspects including: 1. Workload isolation 2. Multi-az 3. Cluster security around multi-tenancy 4. Performance optimization (cont)buff.lyOptimizing AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)As you develop environments, infrastructure, and orchestration platforms (like k8s), you'll begin to notice that there are several directions to go in. There's a joke that goes something like "line up... 110
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 14/04/2025I never thought about security as a specialty. i.e - DevOps Security, Cloud Security, Network Security, etc. The reason is that security should be embedded in all of our jobs. (cont) 100
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025I just updated DevOps-The-Hard-Way-AWS for the first time in 4 years. ✅ Removed the creation of a VPC for EKS with CloudFormation ✅ Terraform Modules for EKS and VPC creation ✅ Simplified the steps for the labs and A LOT more. Link below 👇 github.com/AdminTurnedD...github.comGitHub - AdminTurnedDevOps/DevOps-The-Hard-Way-AWS: This repository contains free labs for setting up an entire workflow and DevOps environment from a real-world perspective in AWSThis repository contains free labs for setting up an entire workflow and DevOps environment from a real-world perspective in AWS - AdminTurnedDevOps/DevOps-The-Hard-Way-AWS 010
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025You're not late to learning Cloud/DevOps/Platform Engineering, you're right on time. Open up that new DevOps course. Learn Kubernetes and why orchestration is important. Understand networks, systems, and design. You'll never reach a point where you "know it all". 030
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 11/04/2025In the world of AI programming with things like Cursor... If you don't spend the time now getting really good at programming, you're going to fail drastically. If you let "the AI thing" do it all for you without you understanding what's happening underneath the hood... (cont) 110
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025All Kubernetes implementations start with: ✅ Proper planning and architecture ✅ Security ✅ Teamwork Ensure you know exactly what's being deployed, managed, and by whom. #kubernetes #devops #platformengineering 000
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025In the last week or so, I started trying Cursor out to build some cloud-native tooling. The result? Pretty good actually! I created a tool in Python to do a `diff` on a bunch of cloud security policies across Azure CIS and MCSB. buff.ly/R7zDF8j #kubernetes #devops #platformengineeringbuff.lyKeeping The Lights On: Planning Cloud Security With Prompt EngineeringIn this episode, Michael Levan dives into a few key tips on creating programs for "diffs". The idea is that you have two things and you need to ensure that you aren't re-doing work that already exists... 010
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Terraform is always funny. I need an S3 bucket to store my state! Ah, that S3 bucket needs to be created before I create my other resources that need to store state. I'll put it in my module! Wait, the module needs to access the S3 bucket and it's not created yet... 010
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025I built a new open-source cloud and Kubernetes based tool that: buff.ly/ZT8IyHs #kubernetes #devops #platformengineeringbuff.lyGitHub - AdminTurnedDevOps/cloudigestContribute to AdminTurnedDevOps/cloudigest development by creating an account on GitHub. 220
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Scaling k8s workloads in an event-driven fashion == ensure proper performance, cost, and resource optimization for various situations that occur. In this video, I break down one method of scaling Kubernetes workloads with KEDA. buff.ly/5WgJidU #kubernetes #devops #platformengineeringbuff.ly(2025) Using KEDA On AKS To Trigger Based Off Of Resource OptimizationEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. 000
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Does anyone have the key takeaways for KubeCon EU? So far I'm seeing: 1. VMs on Kubernetes. 2. Kubernetes could be a solid place to run Agents and ML workloads Anything else? #kubernetes #kubecon 000
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Managed k8s services were meant to be... well, managed. EKS Auto Mode and AKS Automatic got us there. In this blog post, I break down how to get started from a hands-on perspective with both. buff.ly/fhJweo8 #kubernetes #devops #platformengineeringbuff.lyAKS Automatic and AWS EKS Auto Mode: Setup and DeploymentDiscover the benefits of AKS Automatic and EKS Auto Mode in Kubernetes management. Learn how these features streamline container orchestration, enhance scalability, and optimize cloud performance. Div... 000
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Wasm gives DevOps and Platform Engineers true Distributed Systems. You have the ability to not care where your app is running. 1. Build your application 2. Build a Component (made up of a WIT) 3. Compile it down to Wasm A thread 🧵 #kubernetes #devops #wasm 163
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Alright, so this is rather interesting and why fine-tuning or creating a RAG is necessary. This agent has a clear, defined job: Tell me the best region to deploy k8s workloads to based on cost and performance. A few things: (in the next comment) #kubernetes #devops #platformengineering 100
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Just a reminder that those AI Agents that everyone thinks will "take jobs" have to run somewhere. That "somewhere" is most likely going to be: 1. k8s 2. Containers 3. Event-driven services This stuff isn't magic. It needs to run somewhere. #kubernetes #devops #platformengineering 020
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Look... I know package management in JS isn't fun, but like... I just had to run `pip3.12` instead of `pip3` because the ONE SPECIFIC library only worked on Python3.12 and below.... So... ya know 000
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025I've been reading a lot of stuff around App Modernization and it's ironic how much of it is about running workloads on VMs. 100
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025AKS Automatic is what everyone thought managed Kubernetes services would be. The gist is that Azure takes care of the overall cluster configuration and you worry about the app. In this blog post, I break down how to set up and configure AKS Automatic. buff.ly/4gS5Y10 #kubernetes #cloud #devopsbuff.lyAKS Automatic: Configure k8s Without Configuring k8sWhen Kubernetes first came out, everyone felt that it was hard to manage and required significant... 020
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 13/01/2025A little Python fun. 1. Specify some key libraries 2. Specify which Model you want to download 3. Save the Model locally And I'm thinking at this point this is "a future" for DevOps/Platform/Cloud engineers. A thread 🧵 #devops #python #cloud 110
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Cloud-native areas to focus on in 2025 👇 ✅ App Modernization ✅ Hybrid Cloud ✅ Scalability A thread 🧵 #kubernetes #devops #platformengineering 100
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Just a heads up - If you're implementing Azure Local, you'll see the OS download called "Azure Stack HCI". That's because Azure Stack HCI is the predecessor. It's all officially now Azure Local. #azure #kubernetes #CloudSolutions 000
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Just a heads up, software engineering is only 65 years old. That’s barely “one person ago”. You aren’t “late” to learning Kubernetes. You aren’t “late” to learning cloud. You’re not “late” or behind the curve. The curve hasn’t even started. #kubernetes #devops #platformengineering 000
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025That feel when you're running on an M4 Max... this is why we need @wasmcloud.com 011
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025I just updated DevOps-The-Hard-Way-Azure 🚀 The update includes: - Creating the container image for the app that's being deployed in the project. - Creating the ACR - Pushing the container image to ACR Link below 👇 buff.ly/4jazIYz #kubernetes #cloud #devopsbuff.lyGitHub - AdminTurnedDevOps/DevOps-The-Hard-Way-Azure: "DevOps-The-Hard-Way-AWS" got a lot of traction, so I figured I'd make one for Azure!"DevOps-The-Hard-Way-AWS" got a lot of traction, so I figured I'd make one for Azure! - AdminTurnedDevOps/DevOps-The-Hard-Way-Azure 020
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Microsoft Azure Cert breakdown for 2025 👇 👉 AZ-900 👉 AZ-104 👉 AZ-204 👉 AZ-305 👉 AZ-400 #kubernetes #azure #certifications 060
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025CFPs are open for BLDRcon (online)! The event is March 7th, 2025, and will be streamed across LinkedIn, X, and YouTube. sessionize.com/bldrcon #kubernetes #comnmunity #cfpsessionize.comBLDRcon: Call for SpeakersBLDRcon is the first conference catered to engineers and developers. No sponsored talks/sessions and no sales talks. This is a conference that's truly... 041
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 05/01/2025I've been writing in Golang for so long that I forgot how straightforward Python is 🤓 180
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 04/01/2025The majority of organizations haven't figured out a use case to create anything LLM/Model specific that'll benefit anything from a business perspective. 110
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 04/01/2025This sounds really neat. Isolating LLM workloads/Agents via containers. #azure #cloud 010
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 03/01/2025One thing I'm constantly searching for is community 🚀 People that enjoy the same things I do, like to talk about the tech, and solve problems. So, I decided to create a new community on Discord! buff.ly/40hsmex #cloud #community #devops #platformengineeringbuff.lyJoin the BLDRcommunity Discord Server!Check out the BLDRcommunity community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat. 221
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 03/01/2025If you're going to join a chat-based community, what do you prefer? Slack, Discord, or something else? 000
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 02/01/2025I work with vendors and organizations on: ✅ Content Creation to show the value of products. ✅ Consulting to help implement tools, products, & best practices. ✅ Advisory services. Let’s chat about what your needs are for the new year and where I can implement value. DMs open #devops #consulting 010
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 01/01/2025BLDRcon CFPs are now open! 🚀 The first BLDRcon will be virtual and held March 7th, 2025. A thread 🧵 #kubernetes #devops #platformengineeringbuff.lyBLDRcon: Call for SpeakersBLDRcon is the first in-person conference catered to engineers and developers. No sponsored talks/sessions and no sales talks. This is a conference th... 121
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 01/01/2025What an amazing way to start off the New Year 🚀 Really excited to announce that I’m officially a Microsoft MVP! Thank you to everyone who’s supported me over the years because without you this wouldn’t be possible. Thank you to Microsoft for the recognition. #MVPBuzz #kubernetes #azure 130
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 31/12/2024The goal of Wasm is: ✅ Cross-architecture ✅ Cross-language ✅ Better Security ✅ Performance The goal of wasmCloud is to take Wasm and run it anywhere regardless of where it's built. In this blog post, I explain how to get started with wasCloud. buff.ly/40enZ3J #kubernetes #devops #cloudbuff.lyGetting Started With wasmCloudEvery engineer, vendor, tool (open-source or paid), and leadership team is always looking for one key... 030
Michael Levan 👨🏻💻☕️ @mikelevan.bsky.social · 30/12/2024What's your stack going to be for 2025? Kubernetes? Cloud-based services? On-prem? I'm really curious to hear how everyone is running workloads in the new year. #devops #cloud #platformengineering 020