Automation

Publications categorized under Automation.

Enterprise Systems Automation: Writing Robust, Idempotent Ansible Roles
Automation

Enterprise Systems Automation: Writing Robust, Idempotent Ansible Roles

2026-07-212 min read

Enterprise Systems Automation: Writing Robust, Idempotent Ansible Roles

Architect scalable infrastructure configuration automation using custom Ansible modules, dynamic inventories, and vault secret encryption.

Automation

High-Throughput Web Automation with Python Asyncio & Playwright

2026-07-182 min read

High-Throughput Web Automation with Python Asyncio & Playwright

Build fast, concurrent browser automation pipelines for end-to-end testing, scraping, and synthetic monitoring using headless Chromium.

Automation

Defensive Bash Scripting: Error Handling, Strict Mode & Unit Testing with Bats

2026-07-152 min read

Defensive Bash Scripting: Error Handling, Strict Mode & Unit Testing with Bats

Write bulletproof shell scripts using set -euo pipefail, trap handlers for cleanup, and automated Bats assertions.

Automation

Event-Driven Automation Pipelines: Self-Hosted n8n & Custom Webhook Handlers

2026-07-122 min read

Event-Driven Automation Pipelines: Self-Hosted n8n & Custom Webhook Handlers

Connect cloud services, webhooks, and database triggers into resilient, low-code automated workflows with error fallback nodes.

Automation

Building Kubernetes Operators in Go with Controller-Runtime & Kubebuilder

2026-07-092 min read

Building Kubernetes Operators in Go with Controller-Runtime & Kubebuilder

Automate complex stateful app lifecycle operations on Kubernetes by developing custom CRDs, reconciliation loops, and status conditions.

Automation

Programmable CI/CD Automation: Defining Pipelines as Code with Dagger.io & Go

2026-07-062 min read

Programmable CI/CD Automation: Defining Pipelines as Code with Dagger.io & Go

Replace flaky YAML build scripts with strongly-typed, containerized pipeline code that runs identically locally and in CI runners.

Automation

Modern Linux Task Scheduling: Systemd Timers vs Traditional Cron

2026-07-032 min read

Modern Linux Task Scheduling: Systemd Timers vs Traditional Cron

Why systemd timers provide superior logging, resource limits, transient job execution, and dependency management over legacy crontab.

Automation

Multi-Vendor Network Automation with Python Nornir and Scrapli

2026-06-302 min read

Multi-Vendor Network Automation with Python Nornir and Scrapli

Automate switch and router configuration deployment across Cisco, Juniper, and Arista hardware in parallel without Ansible overhead.

Automation

Extending Infrastructure as Code: Writing Custom Terraform Providers in Go

2026-06-262 min read

Extending Infrastructure as Code: Writing Custom Terraform Providers in Go

Build custom Terraform/OpenTofu plugins to automate proprietary REST API lifecycle management using HashiCorp Terraform Plugin Framework.

Automation

Open-Source Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with Python & OpenCV

2026-06-232 min read

Open-Source Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with Python & OpenCV

Automate legacy desktop software workflows using computer vision image matching, OCR text recognition, and synthetic peripheral input.