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7 articles tagged with "DevOps".

Why Tech Platforms Don't Use GitHub Actions: The Case for GitHub Apps and Centralized Runners at Scale

Why Tech Platforms Don't Use GitHub Actions: The Case for GitHub Apps and Centralized Runners at Scale

A deep dive into why enterprise platforms and cloud giants like Vercel decouple from GitHub Actions in favor of GitHub Apps, event-driven orchestration, and dedicated runner infrastructure.

Alfonso Garcia ·
10 min
The Anatomy of a CI/CD Secrets Dump: DevSecOps Analysis, Attack Vectors, and GitHub Actions Hardening

The Anatomy of a CI/CD Secrets Dump: DevSecOps Analysis, Attack Vectors, and GitHub Actions Hardening

A deep technical dissection of GitHub Actions secrets mechanics, the risks of toJSON(secrets), threat modeling CI/CD attack vectors (PwnRequest, supply chain hijacking, artifact exfiltration), and a defense-in-depth guide to automated secrets auditing.

Alfonso Garcia ·
9 min
Spec-Driven Development in the Age of AI: OpenSpec vs. GitHub Spec Kit

Spec-Driven Development in the Age of AI: OpenSpec vs. GitHub Spec Kit

Why 'vibe coding' fails at scale and how Spec-Driven Development (SDD) turns AI agents into reliable engineering partners. A deep technical comparison of OpenSpec and GitHub Spec Kit with real-world workflows, CLI commands, and architectural patterns.

Alfonso Garcia ·
13 min
Playwright with TypeScript: The Ultimate Guide to Architecture, Best Practices, and Scalable E2E Testing

Playwright with TypeScript: The Ultimate Guide to Architecture, Best Practices, and Scalable E2E Testing

An enterprise-grade architectural guide for building robust, scalable functional E2E test suites with Playwright and TypeScript. Master Custom Fixtures, StorageState session management, Component Object Models, data factories, network mocking, and CI/CD sharding.

Alfonso Garcia ·
11 min
The Autonomous Startup: Building an AI Team with Hermes

The Autonomous Startup: Building an AI Team with Hermes

A practical, code-complete guide to building an autonomous AI agent team with Hermes (Nous Research) — engineering, marketing, security, DevOps, and sales agents that run your startup on autopilot. Real configs, real skills, real cron jobs.

Alfonso Garcia ·
17 min
The Definitive Guide to VPS Hardening: Securing Your Linux Server from Scratch

The Definitive Guide to VPS Hardening: Securing Your Linux Server from Scratch

A step-by-step tutorial on securing a new Linux VPS. Learn how to implement key-only SSH, safe dual-port transitions, custom firewalls, Docker isolation patches, kernel hardening, fail2ban, and automated security upgrades.

Alfonso Garcia ·
15 min
AI-Driven Development: Beyond the Hype

AI-Driven Development: Beyond the Hype

Exploring how AI pair programming actually works in production, the patterns that emerge, and where human judgment remains irreplaceable.

AI ·
2 min