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Alexa Vass

When an SRE Is Not Really an SRE: A Personal Tale

At one point in my career, I found myself in the midst of a job interview where the term “SRE” was repeatedly emphasized. The role I was…

Oct 3

When an SRE Is Not Really an SRE: A Personal Tale

Oct 3

PO-DevOps Synergy

When I started this new job, it felt like stepping into unfamiliar territory. It wasn’t my usual area — no cloud, no infrastructure — but…

Aug 23

PO-DevOps Synergy

Aug 23

The Practical Advantages of ‘Config in the Environment’ for Modern Application Deployment

Let’s dive into the 3rd point of the 12-factor app, which focuses on storing configuration in the environment — config.

Mar 10, 2023

The Practical Advantages of ‘Config in the Environment’ for Modern Application Deployment

Mar 10, 2023

Harness the Power of Coding

Many of my colleagues who have moved from a system administrator position to an SRE/DevOps engineer role have one element in common: they…

Feb 12, 2023

Harness the Power of Coding

Feb 12, 2023

Exploring the Differences Between Imperative and Declarative Infrastructure Management

I recently had a conversation with a friend in the same field, which gave me the inspiration to write this blog post. We talked about how…

Feb 5, 2023

Exploring the Differences Between Imperative and Declarative Infrastructure Management

Feb 5, 2023

Improve thyself

Do you know the Dunning–Kruger effect? Especially the mount stupid, this is when your colleague (because you don’t do this (of course you…

Nov 13, 2022

Improve thyself

Nov 13, 2022

Professionalism is not only about knowledge!

Let me tell a story from about 7–8 years ago. I and my SO from that time were walking in a mall and we accidentally met with his friend. He…

Nov 1, 2022

Professionalism is not only about knowledge!

Nov 1, 2022

What makes a profession?

So far, I have tried to keep my medium posts talking about technical things. However, now I wanted to write about how come I chose SRE as…

Apr 28, 2021

What makes a profession?

Apr 28, 2021

Why to log to stdout?

I have three nephews, and I thought I need to be a caring aunt for them, so I thought I would buy a book called Hello Ruby: Adventures in…

Feb 4, 2021

Why to log to stdout?

Feb 4, 2021

The cost of communication shortage

Every once in a while I am part of a team where there is a quite weird culture and there are too many steps in the leather, so I can’t…

Nov 8, 2020

The cost of communication shortage

Nov 8, 2020

Alexa Vass

Alexa Vass

I am a girl in IT who talks about experiences and loves to learn new things every time, because IT is not my job, it’s my profession.

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