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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 13/07/2025

Yeah, but check out the trending stories… “What makes *these articles* so unappealing” 😆

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 01/05/2025

Nobody: Me: I think I’ll try replacing the battery and thermal paste on my MacBook 😳

Disassembled MacBook during battery replacement

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 26/04/2025

What am I about to say here?

Still frame from a video of me about to say something

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 02/03/2025

So what exactly do you do?

Photo of the strongman hurcules hold event with one pillar labeled “dev” and the other labeled “ops”

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 25/11/2024

The cool thing about keeping a workout log is being able to look back and see how much you lifted 5 years ago... 💪 The sad thing about keeping a workout log is being able to look back and see how much you lifted 5 years ago [compared to now]... 😭

Graph of lifts recorded from running starting strength over the years.

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 24/11/2024

Don’t lose yourself in the Kubernetes!

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 19/11/2024

6. Compliance Requirements -- You should be protecting your users' data anyway, but if you work in regulated industries, the various compliance frameworks add another layer of complexity to your systems/processes.

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 19/11/2024

5. Deployment Targets -- In addition to how you are deploying your application(s), where you are deploying your applications matters too. Moving from a single cloud to multiple clouds or a hybrid cloud/on-prem setup will increase complexity significantly!

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 19/11/2024

4. Deployment Models -- Each deployment model (serverless, VMs, Kubernetes, managed containers) requires patterns, automation, and monitoring. If you can pick one and stick with it, your life will be much easier.

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 19/11/2024

3. Databases -- Each database type you use will require: provisioning, monitoring, backup/restore, and expertise for operating/tuning. The longer you can get away with a single database, the better off you will be!

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 19/11/2024

2. Languages -- When you operate within a single programming language, you can leverage all of the tooling/ecosystem built up for that language. As you move to two+ languages, you now need to establish patterns for working with each language and add tooling that supports them!

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 19/11/2024

There are 6 primary dimensions of complexity in these types of systems: 1. Users -- If only one person builds/uses a system, they can make many simplifying assumptions about approaching problems. As more people need to interact with a system, the more robust it needs to be!

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 19/11/2024

What causes DevOps complexity? Why do software systems devolve into a world of pain and toil? It is due to a topic I have named... The DevOps Chasm! 🧵

Sketch showing "the devops chasm" with a SCP main.php to prod on the left and "polyglot microservice hybrid-cloud federated kubernetes application platform" on the right

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 17/11/2024

I have created some very popular DevOps educational content and released it completely free! courses.devopsdirective.com - Terraform 🏗️ - Docker / Containers 🐳 - Kubernetes ☸️

Screenshot showing 3 YouTube courses from the DevOps Directive channel

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 17/11/2024

I refuse to join Bluesky. I don’t want to become part of an Expo chamber.

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 05/11/2024

Just a casual 3.2M line PR… 😳

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 04/11/2024

I usually treat all sources of income the same. Paycheck, bonus, cash back, its all going to the same place so why think about it any differently? That being said, unprompted tips for my content... those hit different! 🫶 🥹

Screenshot of buymeacoffee tip for $25 with the comment "Content is pure gold. Keep doing it."

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 04/11/2024

My favorite version of this meme:

Child attempting to skip many steps in a staircase.

Steps are labeled:
- linux fundamentals
- web dev
- networking and cloud
- containers
- kubernetes

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 29/10/2024

Did you know you can get logs for all pods within a Deployment/DaemonSet/StatefulSet with a single command?! kubectl logs -l key=value --prefix=true This will get the logs AND prefix them with the pod name!

screenshot of running `kubectl logs -n kube-system -l k8s-app=kube-dns --prefix=true`

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 26/10/2024

Aeron for $400 on FB marketplace one town over… should I get it?! 🤔 Currently have a Steelcase leap v1 which I like, but everyone raves about the HM Aeron!

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 24/10/2024

My Kubernetes course repo is outpacing my Docker course repo! 🚀 📈📈📈 Links: - github.com/sidpalas/dev... - github.com/sidpalas/dev...

image from star-history.com showing graphs for two github repos

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 11/05/2023

Apparently, our AI overlords think my defining feature is my receding hairline 🤣

images generated using LORA + stable diffusion

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 11/05/2023

👀 -- people seem to like the Docker course! 🎉

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 09/05/2023

Twitter can't seem to decide how to pronounce "Daemon"... 👀 What does BlueSky think?

Screenshot of twitter poll showing equal split between pronouncing "daemon" as "damon" vs "demon"

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 03/05/2023

Polyphasic sleep hack: have a child! 🥱

Screenshot of fitbit sleep charts from a few weeks after having a child.

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 01/05/2023

The reception to last week's Docker course was incredible! I received amazing feedback from so many students already improving their container skills using the course! 🎉 Today, the course gets a free upgrade! I added written guides to accompany each of the 36 lessons! 📝 courses.devopsdirective.com

Screenshot of https://courses.devopsdirective.com docker beginner to pro first lesson

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 28/04/2023

Just biked 12 miles! 💪

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 28/04/2023

I used to be helpless when doing anything related to design + CSS. With a combination of TailwindCSS + DaisyUI (+ ChatGPT when I get stuck), I feel like I have superpowers. I put together cards for my site at courses.devopsdirective.com in about an hour and it doesn't look like 💩!

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 27/04/2023

Welcome, @techwithhannah.bsky.social! 👋 I saw you used the DevOps Newbie meme I created in your stream with Anaïs today and it made me smile 😀 Cheers!

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 25/04/2023

I just dropped my COMPLETE Docker course on YouTube! ~5 hrs long, starting with the basics and progressing to a complete full-stack application deployment! The best part? It's FREE! - YouTube: youtu.be/RqTEHSBrYFw - GitHub: github.com/sidpalas/devops-directiv…

Thumbnail for Complete Docker YouTube Course

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Sid Palas @sidpalas.com · 25/04/2023

We need Anderson Cooper on here to help sus them out!

Image of Anderson Cooper as host of the show "The Mole"

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