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DevOps'ish 322: Linux wireless shuts the door on AI slop patches, KYAML fixes the Norway Bug, and more

Subscribe to DevOps'ish Cloud Native, DevOps, Open Source, AI, tech industry news, culture, and the 'ish between. A newsletter by Chris Short. ...

August 16, 2026 · 6 min · Chris Short

DevOps'ish 321: The OpenAI and Hugging Face postmortem, Gateway API v1.6 ships L4 routing, and more

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August 9, 2026 · 5 min · Chris Short

DevOps'ish 320: Claude models broke into real systems during security tests, Kubernetes v1.37's deprecation list, and more

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August 2, 2026 · 7 min · Chris Short

DevOps'ish 319: An NTP server time-traveled to 2006, an OpenAI model broke into Hugging Face, and more

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July 26, 2026 · 4 min · Chris Short

DevOps'ish 318: Linus Makes Peace With AI, the Worst Memory Shortage Yet, Deere Bows to Repair, and More

When your Kubernetes fleet can’t drift, upgrades stop being a gamble. (SPONSOR) Kubernetes upgrades have a way of sliding to next quarter, because one drifted node is enough to derail a routine upgrade. Talos Linux is immutable, so every node runs from the same image and can’t drift apart. Talos Omni upgrades the OS and Kubernetes together, one cluster at a time across the fleet, so the upgrade you dreaded turns into a non-event. 93% of teams have already hit an AI-caused infrastructure incident, but only 30% have a policy. Spacelift surveyed 406 leaders on who’s actually ready for AI. Download the report to see what the most advanced teams do differently, and watch the event where we unpacked the data. (SPONSOR) Building a Custom Metrics Exporter for Kubernetes (8 minute read) A hands-on tutorial for writing your own Prometheus exporter in Go, packaging it as a container, and wiring it into a cluster so you can autoscale on real signals like queue depth instead of just CPU and memory. Counters, gauges, histograms, naming conventions, and HorizontalPodAutoscaler integration, all in one walkthrough. ...

July 19, 2026 · 5 min · Chris Short