(Fabio Alessandro Locati|Fale)'s blog

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A technical blog covering enterprise infrastructure, open-source tools, and cloud technologies, with posts on Ansible automation, Kubernetes, Linux, and DevOps practices.

(Fabio Alessandro Locati|Fale)'s blog

Entries

  • On sovereign AI

    Although AI has become a very mainstream topic in the last three years, the concept of sovereign AI has not reached t...

  • Nebula from Ansible

    For many years, I have managed all my systems with Ansible. For a similar amount of time, I have used Nebula as my VP...

  • On stretched Kubernetes clusters

    During conversations at work, and outside it, Kubernetes high availability comes up. And every time that happens, the...

  • SOPS for Ansible

    I’ve used Ansible for more than 10 years, and one problem I’ve seen everyone deal with is handling secrets in Ansible...

  • On buying intelligence as a service

    In the last couple of years, most companies have adopted some kind of AI. Most of them have done so by buying API acc...

  • On the autonomy ladder

    I used to describe my position on AI and infrastructure with a simple rule: AI should never operate your infrastructu...

  • Squash git commits

    I often review git pull/merge requests (PRs) both for work and open source projects. Many of those PRs have a number ...

  • Squash git commits

    I often review git pull/merge requests (PRs) both for work and open source projects. Many of those PRs have a number ...

  • On finding vulnerabilities and shipping fixes

    Over the last year, I’ve watched AI models and tools that find vulnerabilities in code take a central role in securit...

  • Red Hat EX467 exam

    Last Friday, I renewed my Red Hat Certified Specialist in Managing Automation with Ansible Automation Platform (EX467...

  • On Podman 6 and weeding out legacy

    Podman 6.0 was released yesterday. This is a fairly big and important release, since they removed the support for cgr...

  • Btrfs scare

    Last weekend, I updated and rebooted the system, but it did not come back online. Checking with IPMI revealed that th...

  • Fedora 44 released

    Three days ago, the Fedora project released Fedora 44. This release was delayed a couple of times due to an issue wit...

  • On the value of an automation platform

    Over the last 20+ years in IT, I’ve seen automation evolve from a nice-to-have to a non-negotiable part of how organi...

  • On the importance of thought leadership

    Over the last 20+ years in IT, I’ve been lucky enough to work across many roles and industries. In that time, I’ve al...

  • Composing systems in an automated way with Ansible, Podman, and bootc
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers

    Yesterday, I passed the Red Hat EX188 exam, which allowed me to renew my Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers c...

  • KNX with HTTP API

    After a few years of experimenting, I moved forward with a full electrical system rewiring in my house earlier this y...

  • Red Hat EX374 exam

    Earlier this month, I sat the Red Hat EX374 exam to renew my Red Hat Certified Specialist in Developing Automation wi...

  • Leverage Event Driven Ansible to reduce your automation reaction time