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Alex Chen

Senior backend engineer focused on distributed systems, infrastructure automation, and observability. Currently building Kubernetes operators and platform tools in Go.

This blog serves as my public notebook for experiments with Linux servers, databases, networking, and cloud-native tooling. Most posts are written after hitting production issues at 3 AM and finally finding a clean solution.

I believe in infrastructure as code, comprehensive monitoring, and the power of simple, boring technology that just works. When a tool solves 80% of problems without configuration hell, it deserves more attention.

Technologies I work with

Go, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, Nginx, Envoy, ClickHouse, and whatever else gets the job done.

Open Source

I contribute to observability and CLI tooling projects. Most of my public code lives in small utilities for log parsing, metric aggregation, and deployment automation.

Contact

For questions, corrections, or just to say hi — reach out via GitHub or the email listed on my profile. I read everything, but response time depends on whether I'm on-call.