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Why Your Workflow Isn’t Failing Where You Think It Is

May 4, 2025·5 mins

Automation & Devops Github-Actions CI/CD Gh CLI Debugging

Expired PAT caused GitHub Actions workflow failure; a debugging journey from runner changes to token refresh.

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Behind the Build: Foundations, Tradeoffs & What’s Ahead

April 27, 2025·3 mins

Automation & Devops Youtube-Digest Github-Projects Architecture System-Design

How I built YouTube Digest to be fast, scalable, and ready for what’s next—from containerized infrastructure to async processing and cost-aware design.

Preventing Configuration Drift with Ansible: Ensuring Idempotency in Automation

September 12, 2024·8 mins

Automation & Devops Ansible Automation Configuration Drift Idempotency Infrastructure as Code Shell Scripts

This article contrasts traditional shell scripts with Ansible’s idempotent automation, offering practical examples and best practices to maintain consistent, scalable infrastructure.