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Kubernetes Expertise – Daily hands-on work with Kubernetes, including:
- Securing clusters
- Developing and optimizing deployment operators
- Building custom operators
- Implementing webhook admission controllers
- Contributing directly to Kubernetes upstream
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Security Focus – Working on security best practices, threat detection, and hardening systems.
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Networking & High Availability – Designing and optimizing scalable, fault-tolerant network architectures.
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Open Source Advocacy – Working in a fully open-source environment, avoiding vendor lock-in and proprietary managed services.
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Next-Gen Monitoring & Observability – Innovating with:
- Local AI models for predictive diagnostics and anomaly detection
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Rust Development – Daily coding in Rust for systems programming, tooling, or performance-critical applications.
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Linux Kernel Involvement – Daily work touching the Linux kernel (e.g., development, tuning, or debugging).
favorite stack:
languages:
- C
- Rust
- Haskell
operating systems:
- Fedora Workstation
- Debian Server
orchestrator: Kubernetes
containers:
runtime: gVisor (runsc)
network interface: Cilium
storage interface: Ceph
observability: OpenTelemetry
visualizer: Grafana
security:
- Open Policy Agent
- Trivy
- Kube-bench
- Falco
ai model: DeepSeek R1 671b
ide: Vim
linters:
- ShellCheck
- Clippy
- Hadolint
infrastructure as code: Pulumi
continuous integration: Git Hooks
continuous deployment: Fluxcd
documentation sources:
- Linux Foundation
- CNCF
- O'Reilly
- Addison-Wesley
- KodeKloud
- YouTube
- 42
links:
lfx: https://openprofile.dev/profile/abarthel
github: https://github.com/Ant0wan
42: https://cv.42.fr/abarthel