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#2 Uptime Sync: Netflix Workflows, Pinterest K8s Migration & AI Agent Postmortem

Dec 24, 2025

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4 min read

#2 Uptime Sync: Netflix Workflows, Pinterest K8s Migration & AI Agent Postmortem

Cloud reliability lessons, database fundamentals, zero-downtime migrations, Linux boot internals, and security tooling for production workloads​

Yoshik Karnawat
Yoshik Karnawat

Linux

What Actually Happens When Linux Boots

Dec 22, 2025

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6 min read

What Actually Happens When Linux Boots

A step‐by‐step mental model from firmware to login prompt, mapped to real-world failure modes.

Yoshik Karnawat
Yoshik Karnawat

Digest

#1 Uptime Sync: Cloudflare Chaos, Docker Hardening, SQLite Testing & K8s Production Basics

Dec 20, 2025

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3 min read

#1 Uptime Sync: Cloudflare Chaos, Docker Hardening, SQLite Testing & K8s Production Basics

Cloud incidents, real-world testing culture, modern model serving, safer container images, deep dives into Docker and Kubernetes fundamentals

Yoshik Karnawat
Yoshik Karnawat

System Design

The One Question That Makes CAP Theorem Click

Dec 15, 2025

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7 min read

The One Question That Makes CAP Theorem Click

What do you prefer when the network is on fire: wrong data or no data?

Yoshik Karnawat
Yoshik Karnawat

Kubernetes

10 Kubernetes Basics You Should Master Before "Going Production"

Dec 10, 2025

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5 min read

10 Kubernetes Basics You Should Master Before "Going Production"

Skip the service mesh. Forget the operators. Resource limits, health checks, and the kubectl commands that actually matter.

Yoshik Karnawat
Yoshik Karnawat

System Design

Stop Comparing RabbitMQ and Kafka

Dec 2, 2025

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4 min read

Stop Comparing RabbitMQ and Kafka

One moves messages. One records events. The architectural model difference that senior engineers understand.

Yoshik Karnawat
Yoshik Karnawat

Linux

epoll vs poll vs select - I/O Multiplexing Explained

Nov 26, 2025

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5 min read

epoll vs poll vs select - I/O Multiplexing Explained

The kernel mechanism that changed everything about high-concurrency servers

Yoshik Karnawat
Yoshik Karnawat

Linux

How Linux Talks to Files: File Descriptors, Syscalls, and the Kernel–Userspace

Nov 24, 2025

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7 min read

How Linux Talks to Files: File Descriptors, Syscalls, and the Kernel–Userspace

The three-layer system underneath every I/O operation you've ever made

Yoshik Karnawat
Yoshik Karnawat

Bonus

The DevOps Skills That Save 100 Hours a Year

Nov 20, 2025

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2 min read

The DevOps Skills That Save 100 Hours a Year

Download My Handbook for Free

Yoshik Karnawat
Yoshik Karnawat

Linux

Linux Filesystem: Inodes, Journaling, and ext4 Explained

Nov 19, 2025

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6 min read

Linux Filesystem: Inodes, Journaling, and ext4 Explained

Why you run out of space with free disk available, why 100GB deletes instantly, and how filesystems prevent corruption.

Yoshik Karnawat
Yoshik Karnawat
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