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TL;DR AI is already changing DevOps work. It writes scripts, explains errors, analyzes logs, generates configs, helps with Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and documentation. But it does not remove the need for engineers who understand infrastructure. The real shift is not “AI vs DevOps engineer”. The real shift is DevOps engineer with AI vs DevOps engineer without AI. AI Is the New Tractor There is a simple analogy I like: AI is a tractor. Before tractors, people worked the fields manually. Then one person with a machine could do much more work in less time. Some jobs disappeared, but new ones appeared around the new technology: operators, mechanics, logistics, maintenance, sales, planning. AI is doing something similar to IT. It does not magically remove all engineering work. Instead, it changes where the value is. Writing a small script, copying Terraform blocks between environments, explaining a Kubernetes error, or generating a README is becoming cheaper and faster. But deciding what should be built, how it should be secured, how it should be operated, and whether it is safe for production is still engineering work. In other words, AI reduces the value of repetitive manual work, but increases the value of understanding. ...

🚀 Welcome to this week’s Friday Readings! A fresh batch of interesting tools, security research, infrastructure deep dives, and reflections on how AI is changing engineering culture. 🛠️ Tools & Projects Portless - A Vercel Labs experiment that removes the need to manage ports when running local services. Interesting concept for simplifying local development environments. git-cliff - A highly customizable changelog generator that uses conventional commits and templates to produce clean release notes. worldmonitor - A terminal-based global monitoring dashboard showing real-time data like earthquakes, weather, and world statistics. Fizzy - A simple event-based messaging system by Basecamp designed to keep things lightweight and understandable. Hapticpad - A creative project turning a touchpad into a haptic interface experiment. gptme - A CLI tool that lets you interact with LLMs directly from your terminal and automate workflows with AI. Claude Code Templates - A collection of templates for building structured Claude-based coding workflows. Claude Code System Prompts - A repository documenting and analyzing system prompts used by Claude coding tools. AI Skills Library - A growing collection of reusable AI prompts and “skills” for different workflows. 📚 Articles Worth Your Time The Real Reason Developers Hate Meetings - A thoughtful explanation that meetings break cognitive flow rather than simply consuming time. The Senior Developer Is Now the New Entry Level - A provocative perspective on rising expectations and shifting job market dynamics in software engineering. Sysadmin in the LLM Age - A reflection on how system administration evolves when AI becomes a routine tool in everyday operations. How AWS S3 Is Built - A deep dive into the architecture and design principles behind one of the most influential storage systems ever built. 🔐 Security & Science AirSnitch Attack Breaks Wi-Fi Encryption - Researchers demonstrate a new attack technique targeting Wi-Fi encryption implementations across environments. AI Recommending Nuclear Strikes in War Simulations - A reminder that optimization-driven AI systems can converge on extreme strategies when objectives are poorly defined. mRNA Cancer Vaccine Shows Long-Term Protection - Encouraging early results suggesting durable protection from experimental cancer vaccines. 🧠 AI, Work & Culture Burnout Among AI Power Users - Early signals that people who push AI tools hardest may also experience new kinds of cognitive overload. GitHub Copilot Agents Guide - Documentation and examples around building agent-style workflows with Copilot. 🎮 Internet Curiosity Hackers (1995) Retro Terminal - A nostalgic recreation of the hacker aesthetic from the 1995 film. Pure terminal-era cyberpunk vibes. Thanks for reading! ...

🚀 Welcome to this week’s Friday Readings! A quick collection of must‑reads, tool announcements, and tech highlights that caught my eye recently. 🛠️ Tools & Projects Dockhand - A modern, local-first approach to container workflows, aiming to reduce Docker Compose sprawl and cognitive load. Rekindle - A distraction-free reading environment for long-form content. A quiet rebellion against algorithmic feeds. multiOTP - A mature open-source OTP/MFA solution with solid fundamentals and zero marketing fluff. PegaProx - Proxy-centric experimentation around traffic control and interception, useful for labs and protocol analysis. Oh My OpenCode - A curated collection of OpenCode / AI tooling, scripts, and experiments worth exploring. 📚 Articles & Essays A GDPR Failure - A real-world post-mortem showing how compliance fails when process, ownership, and reality diverge. 21 Lessons Learned - Career-scale reflections on engineering, leverage, and long-term thinking, distilled without guru theatrics. Terraform vs Terragrunt - A balanced comparison focused on trade-offs, not ideology. Especially useful for growing infra teams. 12 On-Call Dashboards That Calm Everyone Down - Observability through a human lens: fewer surprises, clearer signals, lower stress. 🔐 Security & Research Notepad Hijacking by Lotus Blossom - A reminder that “boring” binaries remain valuable targets, and persistence often hides in plain sight. arXiv: 2601.19062 - Fresh research touching AI systems and reasoning. Dense, but rewarding if you enjoy first-principles thinking. 🎮 Culture & Light Reading What Book You Should Read Based on Your Favorite Game - A playful crossover between games and literature, surprisingly decent for inspiration. Thanks for reading! ...

Apple T2 Macs are… special. If you run Proxmox on something like a Mac mini 2018, you’ll eventually touch out-of-tree kernel modules and discover that Linux kernel APIs love change. Running Proxmox on a Mac mini 2018 with T2 chip requires the applesmc_t2_kmod kernel module for proper fan control. After some research I’ve found the repo MCMrARM/mbp2018-etc which was slighly outdated for 2026, as I faced some issues described below. Common issues Missing linux/input-polldev.h - this header was removed years ago. I have to patch the source to remove the #include and any polled-input code. ...

🚀 Welcome to this week’s Friday Readings! A quick collection of must‑reads, tool announcements, and tech highlights that caught my eye recently. 🛠️ Tools & Projects Dockhand - A modern, local-first approach to container workflows, aiming to reduce Docker Compose sprawl and cognitive load. Rekindle - A distraction-free reading environment for long-form content. A quiet rebellion against algorithmic feeds. multiOTP - A mature open-source OTP/MFA solution with solid fundamentals and zero marketing fluff. PegaProx - Proxy-centric experimentation around traffic control and interception, useful for labs and protocol analysis. Oh My OpenCode - A curated collection of OpenCode / AI tooling, scripts, and experiments worth exploring. 📚 Articles & Essays A GDPR Failure - A real-world post-mortem showing how compliance fails when process, ownership, and reality diverge. 21 Lessons Learned - Career-scale reflections on engineering, leverage, and long-term thinking, distilled without guru theatrics. Terraform vs Terragrunt - A balanced comparison focused on trade-offs, not ideology. Especially useful for growing infra teams. 12 On-Call Dashboards That Calm Everyone Down - Observability through a human lens: fewer surprises, clearer signals, lower stress. 🔐 Security & Research Notepad Hijacking by Lotus Blossom - A reminder that “boring” binaries remain valuable targets, and persistence often hides in plain sight. arXiv: 2601.19062 - Fresh research touching AI systems and reasoning. Dense, but rewarding if you enjoy first-principles thinking. 🎮 Culture & Light Reading What Book You Should Read Based on Your Favorite Game - A playful crossover between games and literature, surprisingly decent for inspiration. Thanks for reading! ...