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Ximalaya Technology Team
Ximalaya Technology Team
Sep 15, 2023 · Operations

Platform Engineering Overview, Practices, and Roadmap

Platform engineering builds self‑service, reusable platforms that standardize and automate the software delivery lifecycle, reducing cost and cognitive load, as illustrated by Backstage and adidas, while the YiTian IDP roadmap adds a unified service catalog, documentation, API, search, community tools, and AI‑driven assistants to boost developer productivity and ROI.

AIDevOpsIDP
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Platform Engineering Overview, Practices, and Roadmap
Continuous Delivery 2.0
Continuous Delivery 2.0
Sep 14, 2023 · Operations

Configuring OWNERS Files for Code Review in Git Repositories

This guide explains how to set up and manage OWNERS files in a Git repository to define file owners, enable OWNERS‑based code review, configure review rules, add or remove reviewers, and handle approval or rejection of changes, with practical examples and code snippets.

DevOpsOWNERSgit
0 likes · 6 min read
Configuring OWNERS Files for Code Review in Git Repositories
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Sep 12, 2023 · Information Security

Mastering Container Vulnerability Management: Secure DevOps Strategies

This article explains how containers work, outlines the challenges of detecting and fixing vulnerabilities throughout the software lifecycle, and presents practical strategies—including CI/CD pipeline, registry, runtime, and host scanning—plus key principles for building a robust container security program.

DevOpsInformation SecurityVulnerability Management
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Mastering Container Vulnerability Management: Secure DevOps Strategies
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Sep 12, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

How GPT‑4 Is Driving the Leap to Software Engineering 3.0

This article traces the evolution from Software Engineering 1.0 to 2.0 and now 3.0, showing how AI breakthroughs such as GPT‑4 reshape requirements gathering, design, coding, testing and collaboration, and outlining the new model‑driven development paradigm that will dominate future software projects.

DevOpsGPT-4Model-Driven Development
0 likes · 21 min read
How GPT‑4 Is Driving the Leap to Software Engineering 3.0
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Sep 12, 2023 · Cloud Native

Master Docker from Zero: Build, Ship, and Run Your First Container

This guide walks you through Docker fundamentals, comparing virtual machines and containers, explains core Docker concepts, shows how to install Docker, create a Dockerfile for a Vue app, build and run the image with Nginx, and shares best‑practice tips for publishing and optimizing containers.

ContainerizationDevOpsDocker
0 likes · 16 min read
Master Docker from Zero: Build, Ship, and Run Your First Container
Practical DevOps Architecture
Practical DevOps Architecture
Sep 11, 2023 · Cloud Native

Kubernetes Course Outline: Fundamentals, Deployment, Management, and Advanced Features

This comprehensive Kubernetes course covers core concepts, architecture, Kubeadm deployment, cluster management, containerized application deployment, CI/CD integration, advanced features like auto-scaling and Ingress, and provides extensive module listings, resources, and recommended readings for cloud‑native practitioners.

DevOpsci/cdcloud-native
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Kubernetes Course Outline: Fundamentals, Deployment, Management, and Advanced Features
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Sep 11, 2023 · Cloud Native

Why Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Matters and How Vivo Tackles It

This article examines the motivations, benefits, and existing solutions for Kubernetes multi‑cluster management, then details Vivo's non‑federated and federated approaches, application‑centric continuous delivery, elastic scaling, unified scheduling, gray‑release strategies, and summarizes the current state and challenges.

DevOpsKarmadaMulti-Cluster
0 likes · 22 min read
Why Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Matters and How Vivo Tackles It
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Sep 8, 2023 · Operations

Design, Implementation, and Governance of an Alert Management Platform

The article details Bilibili’s comprehensive alert‑management platform—its background, cloud‑vs‑self‑built solution comparison, closed‑loop design, distributed architecture, rule configuration, noise‑reduction, automated root‑cause analysis, and governance practices that cut weekly alerts from 1,000 to under 80, while outlining future enhancements.

Alert ManagementDevOpsIncident Response
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Design, Implementation, and Governance of an Alert Management Platform
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Sep 6, 2023 · Cloud Native

The Evolving Role of Developers in Infrastructure as Code and Cloud‑Native Platforms

This article examines how infrastructure management has shifted toward treating infrastructure as code, the growing responsibilities of developers in deploying and maintaining cloud‑native platforms such as Kubernetes, the challenges they face, and the supporting role of platform/DevOps teams and tools like Terraform and ArgoCD.

ArgoCDDevOpsGitOps
0 likes · 7 min read
The Evolving Role of Developers in Infrastructure as Code and Cloud‑Native Platforms
SQB Blog
SQB Blog
Sep 6, 2023 · Operations

How to Build an Efficient, Secure Test Data Management System for DevOps

This article examines the challenges of test data generation in fast‑moving software projects and presents a self‑developed Test Data Management solution that balances efficiency, usability, security, quality, generality, and cost through adaptive concurrency control, masking policies, and a multi‑master architecture.

Concurrency ControlData SecurityDevOps
0 likes · 15 min read
How to Build an Efficient, Secure Test Data Management System for DevOps
DevOps
DevOps
Sep 6, 2023 · Fundamentals

Effective Technical Documentation: Structured Docs, Quadrant Model, and Tool Selection

The article explains why technical documentation is often neglected, introduces a document‑quadrant framework to organize content, compares structured and graph‑based approaches, and evaluates tools like Sphinx, Docusaurus, Google Docs, Confluence, and Logseq for creating maintainable, high‑quality documentation.

DevOpsSphinxdocumentation tools
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Effective Technical Documentation: Structured Docs, Quadrant Model, and Tool Selection
DevOps
DevOps
Sep 1, 2023 · Backend Development

From iOS to Backend: My Journey Toward Becoming a Full‑Stack Engineer

The author shares a year‑long transition from iOS to backend development, outlines a generic software development workflow, compares frontend and backend focus, and offers practical advice, learning resources, and mindset shifts for aspiring full‑stack engineers.

Backend DevelopmentCareer TransitionDevOps
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From iOS to Backend: My Journey Toward Becoming a Full‑Stack Engineer
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 30, 2023 · Operations

How New Oriental Built a Scalable DevOps Platform to Cut Costs and Boost Security

New Oriental’s recent DevOps transformation details how the company tackled siloed platforms, built a unified service‑tree‑driven infrastructure, created a real‑time data processing platform, and implemented comprehensive security measures—including red‑blue exercises, penetration testing, sensitive data monitoring, and CA/KMS—to boost efficiency and reduce costs.

Cost ReductionData PlatformDevOps
0 likes · 7 min read
How New Oriental Built a Scalable DevOps Platform to Cut Costs and Boost Security
HomeTech
HomeTech
Aug 30, 2023 · Operations

Home Platform Pipeline: Definition, Evolution, and Future AI‑Driven Plans

This article explains the concept of a software delivery pipeline, traces its evolution from traditional release processes through basic CI/CD pipelines to the current quality‑efficiency pipeline, and outlines future plans to integrate large language models for intelligent orchestration, testing, and deployment.

AIDevOpsci/cd
0 likes · 11 min read
Home Platform Pipeline: Definition, Evolution, and Future AI‑Driven Plans
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Aug 29, 2023 · Cloud Native

Master Real-Time Multi-Pod Log Viewing in Kubernetes with Kubetail & Stern

This guide introduces two lightweight Kubernetes log‑tailing tools, Kubetail and Stern, explains their installation on various platforms, demonstrates common usage patterns and command‑line options, and provides practical examples for aggregating and filtering logs across multiple pods and containers.

DevOpscloud-nativekubernetes
0 likes · 10 min read
Master Real-Time Multi-Pod Log Viewing in Kubernetes with Kubetail & Stern
Didi Tech
Didi Tech
Aug 29, 2023 · Operations

Offline Simulation (OSim): Building Unlimited Test Environments for Large‑Scale Services

OSim (Offline Simulation) creates unlimited, production‑like test environments for large‑scale services by using a shared benchmark and branch‑specific instances, routing traffic via colored trace IDs through a sidecar gateway and proxying Redis and MQ data, thus overcoming All‑in‑One bottlenecks and improving stability, automation, and developer productivity.

DevOpsSimulationoffline environment
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Offline Simulation (OSim): Building Unlimited Test Environments for Large‑Scale Services
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 27, 2023 · Operations

Why Do CMDB Projects Fail? Lessons from Tech Leaders, Developers, and Ops

This article compiles insights from technical leaders, developers, product managers, and operations staff on building effective CMDBs, highlighting common pitfalls, essential success factors, Huawei’s experience, and practical lessons for improving data modeling, automation, and cross‑team collaboration.

CMDBDevOpsIT Service Management
0 likes · 7 min read
Why Do CMDB Projects Fail? Lessons from Tech Leaders, Developers, and Ops
Wukong Talks Architecture
Wukong Talks Architecture
Aug 25, 2023 · Cloud Native

Cloud-Native Architecture Evolution and Practices at ZEEK Automotive

This article details ZEEK Automotive's transition to a cloud‑native architecture, describing how the company adopted Kubernetes, containerization, micro‑service unification, and full‑link gray release to improve system stability, scalability, and development efficiency across its APP ecosystem.

AutomotiveContainerizationDevOps
0 likes · 18 min read
Cloud-Native Architecture Evolution and Practices at ZEEK Automotive
Continuous Delivery 2.0
Continuous Delivery 2.0
Aug 24, 2023 · Operations

Continuous Deployment: Balancing Speed, Quality, and Team Incentives

The article examines continuous deployment, its benefits and challenges, how team incentives and culture shape developers' responses to speed versus quality, and why rapid, incremental releases improve learning, productivity, and morale while avoiding wasteful batch processes.

Continuous DeploymentDevOpsTeam Culture
0 likes · 15 min read
Continuous Deployment: Balancing Speed, Quality, and Team Incentives
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 19, 2023 · Cloud Native

Master Dockerfile: Build Custom Images Like a Pro

This tutorial explains how to use Dockerfile to customize images, covering essential instructions such as FROM, RUN, COPY, ADD, CMD, ENTRYPOINT, ENV, VOLUME, EXPOSE, and WORKDIR, with practical examples, best‑practice tips, and details on build context and image layering.

ContainerDevOpsDocker
0 likes · 27 min read
Master Dockerfile: Build Custom Images Like a Pro
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Aug 19, 2023 · Operations

Understanding DevOps Metrics and the Four DORA Indicators

This article explains why measuring software development productivity is challenging, introduces the concept of DevOps metrics, details the four DORA indicators and their performance levels, and discusses additional metrics such as cycle time, quality, customer and employee satisfaction, CI/CD health, uptime, and service level indicators to help teams monitor progress and identify problems.

DORADevOpsMetrics
0 likes · 14 min read
Understanding DevOps Metrics and the Four DORA Indicators
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 17, 2023 · Information Security

Explore siusiu: A Docker‑Powered Penetration Testing Toolbox

siusiu is a Docker‑based penetration testing toolbox that bundles dozens of security utilities as Docker images, offering an easy‑to‑use console, multiple installation methods, and a rich command set for both interactive and scripted security assessments.

DevOpsDockerInformation Security
0 likes · 6 min read
Explore siusiu: A Docker‑Powered Penetration Testing Toolbox
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 10, 2023 · Operations

How China’s Telecom Giants Accelerate IT Efficiency with the DevOps Maturity Model

This article explains how the CAICT‑led DevOps Capability Maturity Model guides major Chinese telecom operators—China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, ZTE, Huawei and China Tower—through 31 assessments, showcasing project‑level improvements, integration of resources, and measurable gains in delivery speed, quality and operational efficiency across the industry.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsIT efficiency
0 likes · 15 min read
How China’s Telecom Giants Accelerate IT Efficiency with the DevOps Maturity Model
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 10, 2023 · Operations

How Chinese Banks Accelerate Digital Transformation with DevOps Maturity Models

Amid a nationwide digital transformation push, leading Chinese banks adopt the CAICT‑led DevOps Capability Maturity Model, using standardized assessments to improve IT efficiency, integrate resources, and support business systems, with detailed case studies from nine city‑commercial and other financial institutions illustrating measurable gains.

DevOpsDigital TransformationMaturity Model
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How Chinese Banks Accelerate Digital Transformation with DevOps Maturity Models
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 10, 2023 · Operations

How 5 Leading Chinese Insurers Passed DevOps Maturity Assessments (8 Projects)

Amid digital transformation, five major Chinese insurers—including Pacific, PICC, China Life (Overseas), Taikang, and China Life Property—completed eight DevOps Capability Maturity Model assessments, achieving Level 3 continuous delivery compliance and showcasing significant improvements in IT efficiency, team collaboration, and platform modernization across diverse projects.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsDigital Transformation
0 likes · 10 min read
How 5 Leading Chinese Insurers Passed DevOps Maturity Assessments (8 Projects)
Full-Stack DevOps & Kubernetes
Full-Stack DevOps & Kubernetes
Aug 10, 2023 · Operations

How Kubernetes Powers Modern DevOps Automation and Operations

By integrating Kubernetes with DevOps practices, teams can automate deployment pipelines, achieve dynamic resource allocation, centralize monitoring with tools like Prometheus and Grafana, and treat infrastructure as code, resulting in faster, higher-quality software delivery and improved collaboration between development and operations.

DevOpsOperationsautomation
0 likes · 7 min read
How Kubernetes Powers Modern DevOps Automation and Operations
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 9, 2023 · Operations

How China’s Leading Banks Boost Digital Transformation with DevOps Maturity

This article examines how major Chinese state‑owned banks adopted the CAICT‑led DevOps Capability Maturity Model, detailing assessment data, case studies of continuous delivery, security, and system‑tool standards, and the measurable improvements in efficiency, risk reduction, and business agility achieved across dozens of projects.

DevOpsDigital TransformationMaturity Model
0 likes · 19 min read
How China’s Leading Banks Boost Digital Transformation with DevOps Maturity
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 9, 2023 · Operations

How Leading Chinese Banks Accelerate IT Efficiency with DevOps Maturity Assessments

This article reviews how seven major Chinese joint‑stock banks adopted the CAICT DevOps Capability Maturity Model, detailing their evaluation results, project implementations, and the operational improvements achieved across continuous delivery, technical operations, security, and BizDevOps practices.

DevOpsDigital TransformationIT efficiency
0 likes · 18 min read
How Leading Chinese Banks Accelerate IT Efficiency with DevOps Maturity Assessments
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 9, 2023 · Operations

How Chinese Banks Are Accelerating IT Efficiency with DevOps Maturity Assessments

The CAICT-led DevOps Capability Maturity Model has guided 22 major Chinese banks through 127 evaluation items, revealing extensive adoption across state-owned, joint‑stock, and city commercial banks and highlighting the model’s role as a nationally and internationally recognized standard for improving IT efficiency in the financial sector.

DevOpsDigital TransformationIT efficiency
0 likes · 7 min read
How Chinese Banks Are Accelerating IT Efficiency with DevOps Maturity Assessments
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 8, 2023 · Operations

How Guangfa Securities Accelerated Delivery with a Cloud‑Native Full‑Stack DevOps Platform

Guangfa Securities implemented a cloud‑native, full‑stack DevOps platform that integrates development, testing, and operations, delivering dual‑architecture containers, end‑to‑end security, and automated pipelines, which boosted daily builds to over 600, cut deployment time by 1.5×, and earned multiple industry recognitions.

DevOpsautomationenterprise transformation
0 likes · 8 min read
How Guangfa Securities Accelerated Delivery with a Cloud‑Native Full‑Stack DevOps Platform
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 8, 2023 · Operations

How a One‑Stop DevOps Platform Helped China Pacific Insurance Pass Level‑3 Continuous Delivery Assessment

At the 2023 DOIS DevOps International Summit, China Pacific Insurance leveraged a one‑stop R&D efficiency platform to successfully achieve Level‑3 continuous delivery certification for four projects, illustrating how standardized processes, integrated toolchains, and end‑to‑end metrics can accelerate digital transformation in the insurance industry.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsDigital Transformation
0 likes · 13 min read
How a One‑Stop DevOps Platform Helped China Pacific Insurance Pass Level‑3 Continuous Delivery Assessment
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 8, 2023 · Operations

How China Pacific Insurance’s ‘Cat’ Automation Platform Powered a 3‑Level DevOps Delivery Assessment

At the 2023 DOIS DevOps International Summit in Beijing, China Pacific Insurance leveraged its self‑developed “Cat” series automation testing platform to help four projects achieve a Level 3 assessment under the DevOps Continuous Delivery standard, showcasing the platform’s features, challenges overcome, and its broader impact on the insurance industry’s digital transformation.

Automation testingContinuous DeliveryDevOps
0 likes · 12 min read
How China Pacific Insurance’s ‘Cat’ Automation Platform Powered a 3‑Level DevOps Delivery Assessment
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 7, 2023 · Cloud Native

How to Optimize Dockerfiles for Faster Builds and Smaller Images

This guide explains practical Dockerfile optimization techniques—including using .dockerignore, minimizing layers, choosing lightweight base images, consolidating RUN commands, setting proper WORKDIR/CMD, leveraging ENTRYPOINT with exec, preferring COPY over ADD, and applying multi‑stage builds—to dramatically speed up image builds and reduce final image size.

ContainerDevOpsDocker
0 likes · 21 min read
How to Optimize Dockerfiles for Faster Builds and Smaller Images
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Aug 7, 2023 · Operations

Master Ansible: Architecture, Workflow, and 7 Key Commands

Ansible is a model-driven configuration manager that uses SSH for remote connections, featuring a core engine, modules, plugins, playbooks, connection plugins, and host inventories; this guide explains its architecture, operation flow, and details the seven primary commands with usage examples.

AnsibleConfiguration ManagementDevOps
0 likes · 8 min read
Master Ansible: Architecture, Workflow, and 7 Key Commands
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Aug 6, 2023 · Cloud Native

Unlock Hidden kubectl Tricks: Advanced Commands for Kubernetes Mastery

This guide presents a collection of advanced kubectl techniques—including printing API details, filtering and deleting pods by status, counting pods per node, analyzing pod distribution across machines, and leveraging kubectl proxy—providing practical command examples and explanations for experienced Kubernetes users.

CLIDevOpsOperations
0 likes · 8 min read
Unlock Hidden kubectl Tricks: Advanced Commands for Kubernetes Mastery
Sohu Tech Products
Sohu Tech Products
Aug 2, 2023 · Cloud Native

Understanding Docker and Container Technology: From Basics to Underlying Implementation

This article explains Docker and container technology, contrasting it with virtual machines, describing how containers provide lightweight, fast-starting, isolated environments, outlining Docker's core concepts, commands, and underlying Linux kernel features such as namespaces and cgroups, and summarizing their benefits for developers and operations.

ContainersDevOpsDocker
0 likes · 11 min read
Understanding Docker and Container Technology: From Basics to Underlying Implementation
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Aug 2, 2023 · Cloud Native

Backing Up and Restoring etcd in a Kubernetes Cluster

This tutorial walks through installing the etcd client, creating an Nginx deployment for verification, backing up the etcd data store, validating the backup, and restoring the backup to a Kubernetes cluster while handling component shutdown and restart procedures.

DevOpscloud-nativeetcd
0 likes · 14 min read
Backing Up and Restoring etcd in a Kubernetes Cluster
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Aug 2, 2023 · Cloud Computing

Boost Your Development Speed: Automate Deployments with Alibaba Cloud Toolkit

This article explains how developers can dramatically improve productivity by using the free Alibaba Cloud Toolkit IDE plugin to automate packaging, remote deployment, SSH proxy, real‑time log viewing, and quick Dubbo project creation across Windows, ECS, EDAS, and Kubernetes environments.

Alibaba CloudDeployment AutomationDevOps
0 likes · 10 min read
Boost Your Development Speed: Automate Deployments with Alibaba Cloud Toolkit
Zuoyebang Tech Team
Zuoyebang Tech Team
Jul 28, 2023 · Operations

How Ops Teams Can Thrive in the Cloud‑Native Era: Strategies and Lessons

This article explores how the rise of cloud‑native technologies forces traditional operations to transform into service‑oriented platforms, detailing new organizational structures, the OPaS model, onion‑layered migration, practical steps, and key lessons for successful ops modernization.

DevOpsOperationsTransformation
0 likes · 19 min read
How Ops Teams Can Thrive in the Cloud‑Native Era: Strategies and Lessons
Inke Technology
Inke Technology
Jul 28, 2023 · Operations

How to Build a Lightweight CI/CD Service Automation with DevOps and Docker

This article outlines a comprehensive, lightweight CI/CD automation solution built on DevOps principles, detailing the evolution from traditional deployment to containerized workflows, the design of a multi‑project, plug‑in task system, and practical implementation steps using GitLab CI, Docker, and Go.

DevOpsDockerGitLab
0 likes · 32 min read
How to Build a Lightweight CI/CD Service Automation with DevOps and Docker
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jul 27, 2023 · Cloud Native

Unlock Advanced kubectl Tricks to Master Kubernetes Clusters

This article shares practical kubectl tips—including printing API calls, filtering and deleting pods, counting pod distribution, and using kubectl proxy—to help experienced Kubernetes users work more efficiently and troubleshoot clusters with powerful command‑line shortcuts.

DevOpsTipscloud-native
0 likes · 7 min read
Unlock Advanced kubectl Tricks to Master Kubernetes Clusters
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Jul 27, 2023 · Cloud Native

How Datree Secures Your Kubernetes Configurations: A Hands‑On Guide

Datree is an open‑source CLI tool that validates Kubernetes YAML files, enforces custom policies, and prevents misconfigurations without needing cluster access, offering dashboard‑driven rule management and a step‑by‑step example that shows how to fix memory and CPU limits in a deployment manifest.

CLIDatreeDevOps
0 likes · 4 min read
How Datree Secures Your Kubernetes Configurations: A Hands‑On Guide
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jul 26, 2023 · Cloud Native

Step-by-Step Guide to Deploying Jenkins with ArgoCD on a Kubernetes Cluster

This guide walks through setting up a Kubernetes cluster with NFS storage, loading Jenkins and agent Docker images, configuring ArgoCD, deploying Jenkins via declarative manifests, initializing Jenkins, creating and deploying a static Jenkins agent, and troubleshooting common issues, providing full code snippets and screenshots.

ArgoCDDevOpsDocker
0 likes · 4 min read
Step-by-Step Guide to Deploying Jenkins with ArgoCD on a Kubernetes Cluster
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jul 26, 2023 · Operations

How We Shrunk a 9 GB Git Repository to 350 MB: A Complete Step‑by‑Step Guide

When Tencent Meeting’s user base exploded to 300 million, its Git repository ballooned to over 17 GB, crippling clone speed, so the team devised a comprehensive slimming process that removed old history, migrated large files to LFS, created a new repo, handled special branches, adapted platform settings, and verified the result, ultimately reducing the repo size from 9 GB to 350 MB.

DevOpsRepository Slimminggit
0 likes · 23 min read
How We Shrunk a 9 GB Git Repository to 350 MB: A Complete Step‑by‑Step Guide
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Jul 25, 2023 · Cloud Native

Why Docker Revolutionizes Development: From VMs to Lightweight Containers

This article explains how Docker containers provide a lightweight, fast‑starting alternative to virtual machines, detailing their origins, technical differences, core concepts, basic commands, and underlying Linux mechanisms that enable consistent, efficient application deployment across environments.

ContainersDevOpscloud-native
0 likes · 11 min read
Why Docker Revolutionizes Development: From VMs to Lightweight Containers
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 25, 2023 · Operations

How Pacific Health Insurance Earned Level‑3 DevOps Continuous Delivery Certification

Pacific Health Insurance’s Health Insurance Internet Open Platform passed the CAICT DevOps Continuous Delivery Level 3 assessment, showcasing how standardized DevOps practices, micro‑service architecture, and integrated toolchains can dramatically boost delivery efficiency, quality, and digital transformation for a leading Chinese insurer.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsDigital Transformation
0 likes · 10 min read
How Pacific Health Insurance Earned Level‑3 DevOps Continuous Delivery Certification
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 25, 2023 · Operations

How China Pacific Insurance Achieved Level‑3 DevOps Continuous Delivery: A Success Story

China Pacific Insurance’s subsidiary Tai Bao Technology successfully passed the CAICT DevOps Level‑3 continuous delivery assessment, sharing detailed insights on their agile transformation, tooling, metrics, challenges, and future plans that illustrate how standardized DevOps practices can boost efficiency and competitiveness in the insurance industry.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsagile
0 likes · 12 min read
How China Pacific Insurance Achieved Level‑3 DevOps Continuous Delivery: A Success Story
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Jul 24, 2023 · Cloud Native

How Datree Prevents Kubernetes Misconfigurations: A Quick Guide

Datree is an open-source CLI that validates Kubernetes YAML files against customizable policies, allowing users to detect syntax errors, version mismatches, and resource limits without connecting to a live cluster, and it provides a dashboard for managing and editing rules.

CLIConfiguration ValidationDatree
0 likes · 5 min read
How Datree Prevents Kubernetes Misconfigurations: A Quick Guide
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jul 24, 2023 · Cloud Native

Do You Really Need Docker Before Learning Kubernetes?

This article explains the relationship between Docker and Kubernetes, clarifies why Docker knowledge isn’t mandatory for K8s beginners, and outlines the essential Docker skills needed to effectively work with Kubernetes clusters.

DevOpsDockercloud-native
0 likes · 6 min read
Do You Really Need Docker Before Learning Kubernetes?
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jul 24, 2023 · Cloud Native

How Tim's Coffee Leveraged Cloud‑Native Architecture and Observability for Rapid Growth

Tim's Coffee transformed its legacy systems into a fully containerized, micro‑service, cloud‑native platform, using Kubernetes, Dubbo, ARMS, Prometheus and Grafana to boost deployment efficiency, scalability, cost savings, and observability, while tackling alert storms and improving development productivity.

Alibaba CloudDevOpsMicroservices
0 likes · 12 min read
How Tim's Coffee Leveraged Cloud‑Native Architecture and Observability for Rapid Growth
AI Cyberspace
AI Cyberspace
Jul 24, 2023 · Cloud Native

What Is Cloud Native? A Simple City Analogy and Evolution Explained

An accessible Chinese-to-English guide demystifies cloud native by likening it to a city, outlines its definition, core traits, evolution through three philosophical questions, practical “Wang’s Four Rules,” development stages from cloud‑hosted VMs to containers and serverless, and discusses applicability in private and traditional enterprises.

Cloud ComputingContainerizationDevOps
0 likes · 17 min read
What Is Cloud Native? A Simple City Analogy and Evolution Explained
Architecture and Beyond
Architecture and Beyond
Jul 22, 2023 · Operations

Mastering Production Change Management: Prevent Outages with Proven Processes

This article analyzes high‑profile service outages, defines the production environment and its components, categorizes five types of production changes, and presents a comprehensive change‑management framework—including organizational roles, step‑by‑step procedures, and best‑practice tips—to help teams reduce risk and maintain system stability.

DevOpsOperationschange management
0 likes · 15 min read
Mastering Production Change Management: Prevent Outages with Proven Processes
37 Interactive Technology Team
37 Interactive Technology Team
Jul 21, 2023 · Cloud Native

Automated Performance Testing Architecture Using Alibaba Cloud PTS

The article explains how automated performance testing using Alibaba Cloud PTS—integrated with VPC‑based Kubernetes clusters, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and cloud APIs—overcomes the inaccuracy, coordination delays, and resource waste of manual testing by providing on‑demand, scalable load generation, scenario orchestration, real‑time metrics, and cost‑effective reporting.

Alibaba Cloud PTSDevOpsSystem Optimization
0 likes · 4 min read
Automated Performance Testing Architecture Using Alibaba Cloud PTS
ZhongAn Tech Team
ZhongAn Tech Team
Jul 21, 2023 · Cloud Computing

Zong An Insurance's Decade of Digital Transformation: From Cloud-Native Architecture to AIGC Integration

This article explores how Zong An Insurance has pioneered digital transformation in the financial technology sector over the past decade, achieving 100% cloud-native architecture, developing core systems like WuJieShan, and integrating AIGC technologies to create a comprehensive insurance ecosystem.

AIGC IntegrationCloud ComputingDevOps
0 likes · 12 min read
Zong An Insurance's Decade of Digital Transformation: From Cloud-Native Architecture to AIGC Integration
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 20, 2023 · Operations

How Minsheng Bank Reached Leading DevOps Maturity via System & Tool Standards

In a July 2023 interview, Minsheng Bank’s technology leaders discuss how their Software Engineering Support Platform, built on DevOps and DevSecOps principles, earned top-level assessments from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, boosting delivery quality, speed, and the bank’s overall digital transformation.

Banking TechnologyDevOpsDigital Transformation
0 likes · 13 min read
How Minsheng Bank Reached Leading DevOps Maturity via System & Tool Standards
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 19, 2023 · Operations

How Minsheng Bank Achieved Leading DevOps Maturity Through Standardized Toolchains

Minsheng Bank’s Software Engineering Support Platform, built on DevOps and DevSecOps principles, passed the CAICT DevOps system and tool standards with top‑level scores, showcasing how standardized pipelines, cloud‑native automation, and quality gates can dramatically boost delivery speed, quality, and competitive advantage in the banking sector.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsDigital Transformation
0 likes · 13 min read
How Minsheng Bank Achieved Leading DevOps Maturity Through Standardized Toolchains
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 19, 2023 · Operations

How China’s Bank of Communications Achieved Top‑Tier DevOps Maturity

The article details the Bank of Communications' participation in the 2023 XOps Forum, its successful DevOps continuous‑delivery level‑3 assessment for two projects, the resulting efficiency gains, metrics, and future plans for expanding DevOps practices across the organization.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsOperations
0 likes · 12 min read
How China’s Bank of Communications Achieved Top‑Tier DevOps Maturity
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 19, 2023 · Operations

What Do the Latest DevOps and AIOps Maturity Assessments Reveal About Chinese Enterprises?

The recent release of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology's DevOps, AIOps, and Identity Governance maturity model assessment results showcases extensive industry adoption, highlights the impact of standardization and tool empowerment on digital transformation, and provides detailed statistics across banking, securities, insurance, telecom, and other sectors.

DevOpsDigital TransformationMaturity Model
0 likes · 12 min read
What Do the Latest DevOps and AIOps Maturity Assessments Reveal About Chinese Enterprises?
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 19, 2023 · Information Security

How Shenwan Hongyuan Achieved National‑Level DevSecOps Excellence

Shenwan Hongyuan Securities showcased its advanced DevSecOps capabilities by passing the CAICT's DevSecOps security and risk management assessment and DevOps continuous delivery level‑3 evaluation, sharing detailed cultural, process, and technical practices that boost software security across the full lifecycle.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsDevSecOps
0 likes · 12 min read
How Shenwan Hongyuan Achieved National‑Level DevSecOps Excellence
21CTO
21CTO
Jul 19, 2023 · Operations

Scaling a Fast‑Growing Supply Chain Platform: Architecture and Ops Insights

This article details how a rapidly expanding B2B fresh‑food company restructured its R&D organization, adopted a matrix management model, and built a comprehensive distributed infrastructure—including task scheduling, service discovery, messaging, logging, file storage, CDN, configuration, sharding, search, caching, and monitoring—to support nationwide warehouse operations and future growth.

Backend DevelopmentDevOpsDistributed Systems
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Scaling a Fast‑Growing Supply Chain Platform: Architecture and Ops Insights
HomeTech
HomeTech
Jul 19, 2023 · Cloud Native

Why Use KubeVirt and How to Deploy It on a Kubernetes Cluster

This article explains the motivations for adopting KubeVirt, introduces its concepts and architecture, details the component design, and provides step‑by‑step instructions—including code snippets—for deploying KubeVirt, CDI, Ceph‑CSI, external snapshotter, creating VMs and exposing VNC, while outlining future directions for cloud‑native virtualization.

CSICephDevOps
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Why Use KubeVirt and How to Deploy It on a Kubernetes Cluster
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jul 18, 2023 · Cloud Native

How Meiqia Scaled Its Cloud‑Native Microservices with the Higress Gateway

Meiqia, a global intelligent cloud‑customer‑service provider, replaced a tangled multi‑middleware routing stack with a unified Higress gateway, achieving hot‑reloadable routing, WebSocket stability, multi‑cloud deployment, and a clear control‑plane/data‑plane separation that dramatically reduced costs and operational complexity.

DevOpsHigressapi-gateway
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How Meiqia Scaled Its Cloud‑Native Microservices with the Higress Gateway
Wukong Talks Architecture
Wukong Talks Architecture
Jul 17, 2023 · Operations

Deploying a Local GitLab Instance with Docker Compose on Ubuntu

This guide explains how to set up a self‑hosted GitLab server on an Ubuntu virtual machine using Docker and Docker‑Compose, covering environment preparation, Docker image retrieval, compose file creation, container launch, password reset, and basic GitLab usage such as user registration, project creation, SSH key configuration, and code cloning.

DevOpsGitLabUbuntu
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Deploying a Local GitLab Instance with Docker Compose on Ubuntu
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jul 14, 2023 · Operations

Key Capabilities for Continuous Delivery and DevOps Success

The article outlines essential continuous delivery, architectural, product, lean management, and cultural capabilities—such as version control, automated deployment, trunk‑based development, test automation, value‑stream visibility, lightweight change approval, and supportive leadership—that together drive high‑performance DevOps outcomes.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsLean Management
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Key Capabilities for Continuous Delivery and DevOps Success
Sohu Tech Products
Sohu Tech Products
Jul 12, 2023 · Operations

Understanding Jenkins Pipelines: Declarative vs Scripted Syntax, Agents, Stages, Post Actions and Advanced Features

This article provides a comprehensive guide to Jenkins pipelines, explaining the difference between declarative and scripted syntax, detailing pipeline components such as agents, stages, steps, post actions, directives, triggers, environment variables, credential handling, and Kubernetes integration for modern CI/CD workflows.

Declarative PipelineDevOpsJenkins
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Understanding Jenkins Pipelines: Declarative vs Scripted Syntax, Agents, Stages, Post Actions and Advanced Features
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jul 12, 2023 · Cloud Native

Using KubeLinter to Lint Kubernetes YAML and Helm Charts for Production‑Readiness and Security

This article introduces KubeLinter, an open‑source tool that scans Kubernetes YAML files and Helm charts for best‑practice compliance, explains why it is useful, shows installation methods, provides usage examples, and details configuration and integration options for secure, production‑ready deployments.

DevOpsKubeLinterYAML linting
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Using KubeLinter to Lint Kubernetes YAML and Helm Charts for Production‑Readiness and Security
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Jul 12, 2023 · Operations

Design and Implementation of Qunar's Root Cause Analysis System for Microservice Fault Diagnosis

This article describes Qunar's comprehensive root cause analysis platform, detailing its background, data-driven fault categorization, architecture—including trace, runtime, middleware, and event analysis modules—and demonstrates its high accuracy and practical impact on reducing incident resolution times across microservice services.

DevOpsMicroservicesObservability
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Design and Implementation of Qunar's Root Cause Analysis System for Microservice Fault Diagnosis
DevOps Operations Practice
DevOps Operations Practice
Jul 9, 2023 · Information Security

Understanding DevSecOps: Concepts, Tools, and Benefits

This article explains how DevSecOps integrates security into DevOps pipelines, outlines its definition and differences from traditional DevOps, reviews popular tools such as Trivy, Gerrit, OWASP Dependency‑Check, Arachni, and Falco, and highlights the operational and cost benefits of early security integration.

DevOpsDevSecOpsautomation
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Understanding DevSecOps: Concepts, Tools, and Benefits
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jul 8, 2023 · Cloud Native

Argo CD and Argo Rollouts 2023 User Survey Results: Insights and Trends

The 2023 CNCF user survey of Argo CD and Argo Rollouts reveals high adoption rates, strong Net Promoter Scores, dominant usage by DevOps and platform engineers, expanding production deployments, and growing ecosystem integrations, highlighting opportunities and challenges for the GitOps and progressive delivery landscape.

Argo CDArgo RolloutsDevOps
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Argo CD and Argo Rollouts 2023 User Survey Results: Insights and Trends
JD Tech
JD Tech
Jul 7, 2023 · Operations

Practical Applications of Shell Scripting for Test Development and Automation

This article explores common pain points in test development, demonstrates how Shell scripting can automate repetitive Linux tasks, introduces basic commands like copy and concatenate, and presents real‑world case studies such as auto‑comment generation, memory‑usage monitoring, service management, and function encapsulation to boost productivity.

DevOpsLinuxOperations
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Practical Applications of Shell Scripting for Test Development and Automation
Continuous Delivery 2.0
Continuous Delivery 2.0
Jul 7, 2023 · Operations

Platform Engineering: Accelerating Application Delivery and Business Value

Platform engineering is an emerging technical approach that automates infrastructure operations to provide self‑service capabilities, improve developer experience, boost productivity, and accelerate the delivery of business value, with trends such as Everything‑as‑Code and strong industry adoption forecasts.

DevOpsDeveloper ExperiencePlatform Engineering
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Platform Engineering: Accelerating Application Delivery and Business Value
Cloud Native Technology Community
Cloud Native Technology Community
Jul 5, 2023 · Industry Insights

How Mercedes‑Benz Scaled Kubernetes with Cluster API: A Cloud‑Native Case Study

This article examines how Mercedes‑Benz Tech Innovation expanded its Kubernetes management to public clouds using Cluster API, achieving automated cluster creation, faster rolling upgrades, self‑service capabilities, and a ten‑fold increase in managed clusters while maintaining high availability.

Cluster APIDevOpsMercedes-Benz
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How Mercedes‑Benz Scaled Kubernetes with Cluster API: A Cloud‑Native Case Study
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Jul 5, 2023 · Operations

Automate Cron Jobs with Ansible: Step-by-Step Playbook Guide

Learn how to install Ansible, then create, modify, and delete crontab entries across multiple hosts using Ansible playbooks, with detailed examples of YAML configurations and command-line instructions that illustrate Infrastructure as Code for reliable scheduled task management.

AnsibleDevOpsLinux
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Automate Cron Jobs with Ansible: Step-by-Step Playbook Guide
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Jul 5, 2023 · Cloud Native

Boost Third‑Party API Performance in Kubernetes with Nginx Caching

By configuring Nginx as a caching gateway within a Kubernetes cluster, this article shows how to dramatically reduce read latency to third‑party services, achieve high cache hit rates, ensure availability during outages, and handle cache persistence across pods using S3‑backed storage.

CachingDevOpscloud-native
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Boost Third‑Party API Performance in Kubernetes with Nginx Caching
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jul 3, 2023 · Operations

Top 10 Kubernetes Monitoring Tools and Their Features

This article reviews ten popular Kubernetes monitoring tools—including Helios, Prometheus, New Relic, Grafana, DataDog, Sysdig, Zabbix, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, and Sensu—detailing their key features and how they help improve performance, reliability, and observability of containerized applications.

DevOpscloud-nativekubernetes
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Top 10 Kubernetes Monitoring Tools and Their Features
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Jul 3, 2023 · Operations

Essential Open‑Source DevOps Tools Every Engineer Should Know

This guide compiles a comprehensive list of the best open‑source DevOps tools—including version control systems, build automation, CI/CD platforms, container runtimes, configuration managers, and monitoring solutions—explaining their core features and typical use cases for modern software delivery pipelines.

DevOpsVersion Controlci/cd
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Essential Open‑Source DevOps Tools Every Engineer Should Know
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Jul 2, 2023 · Cloud Native

Mastering kubectl: Essential Commands for Kubernetes Management

This guide explains what kubectl is, how it interacts with the Kubernetes API server, and provides a categorized list of essential commands for retrieving information, debugging, state management, scaling, deployment, and security, helping users efficiently operate and automate K8s clusters.

Cluster ManagementDevOpscloud-native
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Mastering kubectl: Essential Commands for Kubernetes Management
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jul 1, 2023 · Operations

Using Jenkins Deploy Dashboard Plugin for Visual Deployment Management

This article introduces the Jenkins Deploy Dashboard plugin, explains how to visualize deployment status across environments, add new releases to the dashboard, create custom deployment views, and integrate deployment buttons into pipelines using both scripted and declarative Jenkins pipelines.

Deploy DashboardDevOpsJenkins
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Using Jenkins Deploy Dashboard Plugin for Visual Deployment Management
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Jul 1, 2023 · Operations

10 Proven Ways to Shrink Your Docker Image Size

This guide explains why smaller Docker images improve security, transfer speed, and deployment time, and walks through ten practical techniques—including layer minimization, Docker‑squash, slim base images, multi‑stage builds, apt flags, .dockerignore, and specialized tooling—to reliably reduce image size.

ContainerDevOpsDockerfile
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10 Proven Ways to Shrink Your Docker Image Size
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jul 1, 2023 · Operations

How We Rebuilt a Private Cloud Platform to Supercharge Developer Efficiency

This article recounts a year‑long effort by a senior SRE engineer to redesign a private cloud platform, detailing the motivations, architectural choices, SSO and RBAC implementations, workflow automation, GitOps deployment, release engineering improvements, and the cultural shift toward metrics‑driven development.

DevOpsGitOpsLow‑code
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How We Rebuilt a Private Cloud Platform to Supercharge Developer Efficiency
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jun 29, 2023 · Operations

China Life (Overseas) Boosts DevOps Maturity: OnePartner Platform Success

China Life (Overseas) detailed how its OnePartner insurance marketing platform achieved advanced DevOps continuous‑delivery maturity through CAICT assessment, highlighting the benefits, challenges, and future plans of standardised, tool‑enabled digital transformation for the insurance industry.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsDigital Transformation
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China Life (Overseas) Boosts DevOps Maturity: OnePartner Platform Success