Infrastructure
Helm, Ansible, Kubernetes probes, JWT, and the building blocks of production infrastructure.
4 articles
infrastructureJul 12, 202611 min read
Kubernetes Liveness, Readiness, and Startup Probes: A Practical Guide
A hands-on guide to Kubernetes health probes: liveness vs readiness vs startup, real YAML, tuning timeouts, and fixing CrashLoopBackOff from probe misconfiguration.
infrastructureJul 10, 202610 min read
How to Decode a JWT Token: A DevOps Engineer's Guide
Learn how to decode JWT tokens with base64url, Python (PyJWT), and Node.js. Debug 401s, inspect claims, and understand why decoding is not verifying.
infrastructureJul 4, 20268 min read
Helm Chart Best Practices: Structure, Values, and Testing (2026)
Production Helm chart patterns for Kubernetes. Library charts, schema validation, helmfile, CI/CD integration with GitHub Actions.
infrastructureJun 28, 20265 min read
Ansible Automation Guide: Infrastructure as Code for SRE & DevOps in 2026
Production Ansible patterns — dynamic inventories for AWS and GCP, idempotent playbooks, AWX/Tower for self-service, and Ansible vs Terraform for configuration management.