· Asep Alazhari · DevOps
We Found a Kubernetes Outage That Never Alerted
A noisy DaemonSet log led us to control plane certificates that had been expired for 16 days with zero alerts. Here is the full story and the fix.
Category: DevOps
· Asep Alazhari · DevOpsThe Real Fix for Flaky Docker Buildx CI Downloads
Curl retries and plugin caching only patch the symptom. Here is why registry based Buildx build caching is the real fix for flaky Docker Buildx CI pipelines.
· Asep Alazhari · DevOpsFixing Next.js Docker Build OOM Kills in CI
A Next.js build that passes locally can get OOM killed in CI. Fix Docker memory limits, build worker CPU count, and Node engine checks with this guide.
· Asep Alazhari · DevOpsFix GlobalProtect Failed to Verify Certificate on macOS
GlobalProtect throwing Failed to verify certificate on some Macs but not others, while Windows is fine? Here is the real root cause and the permanent fix.
· Asep Alazhari · DevOpsDirect Commits to master Will Haunt You on Deploy Day
A Swagger refactor committed straight to master caused a 3-way merge conflict and a silent GitLab API failure on deploy day. Learn the rule that prevents it.
· Asep Alazhari · DevOpsDocker vs PM2 for Next.js on VPS: The 2026 Deployment Guide
PM2 is simple. Docker is powerful. On a VPS with 7 GB idle RAM, the real choice is about pipelines, portability, and scale. Find out which one fits your stack.