A blog site on our Real life experiences with various phases of DevOps starting from VCS, Build & Release, CI/CD, Cloud, Monitoring, Containerization.
In today’s DevSecOps-driven world, secrets management is not just a security best practice, it’s a necessity. Whether you’re running Kubernetes clusters, deploying microservices, or automating infrastructure, handling credentials, tokens, API keys, and certificates securely is critical. That’s where HashiCorp Vault comes in.
Continue reading “What is HashiCorp Vault? A Complete Guide to Secrets Management in 2025”
Running a growing e-commerce platform like Opszilla is thrilling. You’re processing thousands of orders daily across the US and Canada, scaling infrastructure, and expanding into new markets. But amidst all that momentum, something starts to break: your data infrastructure and database performance.
At first, it’s subtle—slower queries, lagging reports, a few scaling hiccups. Then the real issue surfaces: you’re still running on MySQL 5.7, a version nearing its end-of-life in October 2023.
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, IT operations teams are under immense pressure. The explosion of cloud services, hybrid infrastructures, and ever-growing user demands have made traditional monitoring and management tools insufficient. Enter AIOps Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations a transformative approach that’s reshaping how organizations manage, automate, and optimize their IT environments. Continue reading “Unlocking the Power of AIOps: Transforming IT Operations using Artificial Intelligence.”
Proactive monitoring for reliable cloud systems
In any modern cloud-based architecture, monitoring and alerting play a critical role in maintaining reliability, performance, and security.
It’s not enough to just have logs-you need a way to act on those logs when something goes wrong. That’s where CloudWatch alarms come.
Imagine a situation where your application starts throwing 5xx errors, and you don’t know until a customer reports it. By the time you act, you’ve already lost trust.
Alarms prevent this reactive chaos by enabling proactive monitoring—you get notified the moment an issue surfaces, allowing you to respond before users even notice.
You might miss spikes in 4xx/5xx errors that indicate growing problems.
You’re always proactive instead of reactive.
Your team lacks visibility into critical system behavior.
Diagnosing issues becomes more difficult without early signals.
Due to all the reasons above, that’s why I decided to implement AWS CloudWatch Alarms using Metric Filters—a cost-effective, powerful way to monitor logs and trigger alerts based on specific patterns.
Welcome to another blog where we break down tech concepts with a pinch of humor! Today, we’re diving into Amazon Polly — AWS’s text-to-speech service. But let’s be honest: the real question isn’t “What is Amazon Polly?” It’s “Can I make it sound like my dramatic Bollywood uncle narrating Mahabharata?” 🧐 Let’s find out!
Boring Version 💤
Amazon Polly is a cloud-based text-to-speech (TTS) service that converts written text into lifelike speech. It offers multiple languages, different voices, and neural TTS for a more human-like sound. Developers use Polly for applications like audiobooks, accessibility tools, virtual assistants, and automated customer service.
Funny Version 😂
Amazon Polly is like that overenthusiastic friend who reads everything out loud — menus, road signs, even your WhatsApp messages if you’re not careful. The only difference? Polly actually sounds good while doing it! Need a robotic Siri? A smooth-talking radio jockey? Or maybe a voice that reminds you of your childhood bedtime stories? Polly’s got you covered.
Continue reading “From Robotic Voices to Radio Jockeys: Making Amazon Polly Speak Like a Pro!”
