uchechukwu

Platform Engineer | Kubernetes, GitOps, Observability, FinOps | Turning platform complexity into reusable, auditable, developer-friendly systems

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@Eboseremee Congratulations

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Part 5: Observability as a platform service.

Problem:
• Inconsistent instrumentation
• Alerts on unactionable symptoms
• Rollout decisions on intuition

Golden Path:
• Standardized OpenTelemetry in templates
• SLO-based alerting on burn rate

#PlatformEngineering #promethue

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GitOps = cluster reconciles to Git.

Problem:
• Manual changes create hidden drift
• Rollback requires remembering what was deployed
• Environment parity depends on tribal knowledge

solu:
ArgoCD watches Git for desired state
Drift is visible, rollback = Git revert

#GitOps

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Senior platform work isn't about tools. It's about outcomes.

Ask:
What problem did we solve?
What reusable capability did we build?
How do we measure success?
What burden did we remove?

Golden Path: "Reduced promotion risk via immutable artifacts + policy-as-code."

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🕸️ Service Mesh = platform primitive.

Platform teams use Istio to provide:
✅ Traffic mgmt (canary, retries)
✅ Security baseline (mTLS, authz)
✅ Observability injection

Devs focus on logic. Platform owns cross-cutting concerns.
Golden Path: Argo Rollouts + Istio for safe re

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🔁 Build once. Deploy many.

Don't rebuild per env. Tag image with sha-${GITHUB_SHA}. Promote by updating Kustomize overlay.

Result: Same binary dev→prod. Rollback = Git revert. Traceability = Git history.

🔗 https://t.co/AqrUHMCqAa
#GitOps #Kubernetes #platformEngineering

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🧭 Platform engineering isn't more YAML.

It's systems where:
• Safety compounds
• Speed scales
• Simplicity wins

Golden Path = less cognitive load for devs.

When platform handles promotion, policies, secrets, observability…

Devs just ship.

#PlatformEngineering #DevEx

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Platform engineers, let's connect!

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🚀 Starting a series: Building a "Golden Path" for Go on Kubernetes

Shipping code is easy.

Shipping it safely, repeatedly, at scale? That's platform engineering.

#platformEngineering, #Goldenpath #platformEngineer #Devops

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@akintunero @tryhackme Congratulations, nah projects I build now

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You will think someone is intelligent, until they speak on what you know

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@akinkunmi I thought we have passed this stage

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Currently looking for a platform engineering role
Here is my GitHub : https://t.co/YgphbTf6xT

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And this is football, let's go arsenal

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@3rdSon__ I fit also dm you, I dey move towards platform engineering

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I've been building a kubernetes capacity tool for a team, and I like the way it has been going

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I've been seeing a lot of platform engineering roles

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@_itz_joe Congratulations

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I built a Kubernetes workload cost optimization service that analyzes resource usage vs requests and generates safe, explainable recommendations before applying changes.

It runs in-cluster using a ServiceAccount + RBAC, inspects Deployments and metrics, and applies guardrails to avoid unsafe updates.

Pipeline:
GitHub Actions → build + scan (Trivy, Checkov) → push to GHCR → update manifest → ArgoCD sync → Kubernetes rollout
Repo: https://t.co/6Rxdv8MdWc

Would appreciate feedback from platform engineers and DevOps folks.

#PlatformEngineering #Kubernetes #DevOps #GitOps

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