Engineering notes

IDX/08 — Journal

Engineering notes.
No fluff.

Practical writeups on DevOps, infrastructure, CI/CD, and AI automation. Things we actually use. Problems we actually solved.

CI/CDJun 1, 20265 min read
Why We Default to Trunk-Based Delivery
Long-lived branches are a debt you pay with interest. Here is why every pipeline we build defaults to trunk-based delivery, and what that actually looks like in practice.
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CloudMay 20, 20267 min read
Getting Cost Visibility in Kubernetes Without Losing Your Mind
FinOps on Kubernetes is genuinely hard. Namespaces, shared nodes, and bursty workloads make attribution a mess. Here is the approach we use to make every dollar legible.
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AI AutomationMay 10, 20266 min read
Using n8n to Automate DevOps Toil
n8n is not just for marketing workflows. We use self-hosted n8n to automate incident routing, cost alerts, and deploy notifications — the glue work that quietly burns an on-call rotation down.
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