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# DevTips

One tip per page, each small enough to try before your coffee cools. Mostly the fixes and flags I wish someone had told me sooner.

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[![Policy-as-Code Governance with OPA/Rego](/_astro/hero.CwAJ64Mi_1WeH9p.webp)](/devtips/post/policy-as-code-opa-rego)

## [Policy-as-Code Governance with OPA/Rego](/devtips/post/policy-as-code-opa-rego)

-   [DevOps & DevSecOps](/devtips/categories/devops--devsecops)
-   24 Feb 2026
-   03 Mins read

Why policy-as-code matters The governance problem Managing infrastructure at scale gets complicated fast. As your infrastructure grows, keeping it consistent and compliant gets harder. M

[#Policy as Code](/devtips/tags/policy-as-code)[#OPA/Rego](/devtips/tags/oparego)[#Compliance](/devtips/tags/compliance)+4 tags

[Read Tip](/devtips/post/policy-as-code-opa-rego)

[![Setting Up GitHub Copilot Agent Skills in Your Repository](/_astro/hero.CCW95PMK_ZaDUPy.webp)](/devtips/post/github-copilot-agent-skills-setup)

## [Setting Up GitHub Copilot Agent Skills in Your Repository](/devtips/post/github-copilot-agent-skills-setup)

-   [Developer Tools & Productivity](/devtips/categories/developer-tools--productivity)
-   26 Jan 2026
-   06 Mins read

Why teach Copilot new skills? What a skill actually is If you're ready to teach Copilot some new tricks, Agent Skills are your answer. Built on the agentskills.io op

[#GitHub Copilot](/devtips/tags/github-copilot)[#AI Tools](/devtips/tags/ai-tools)[#VS Code](/devtips/tags/vs-code)+4 tags

[Read Tip](/devtips/post/github-copilot-agent-skills-setup)

[![7 Reasons Learning the Linux Terminal is Worth It (Even for Beginners)](/_astro/hero.Ci9C_A6W_1AKnQ0.webp)](/devtips/post/7-reasons-learning-linux-terminal-worth-it-beginners)

## [7 Reasons Learning the Linux Terminal is Worth It (Even for Beginners)](/devtips/post/7-reasons-learning-linux-terminal-worth-it-beginners)

-   [DevOps & DevSecOps](/devtips/categories/devops--devsecops)
-   05 Jan 2026
-   03 Mins read

Why learn the Linux terminal? Why it still matters Even with the graphical tools and AI assistants available now, the terminal is the most direct way to work with a Linux system. It's a core

[#Linux](/devtips/tags/linux)[#Terminal](/devtips/tags/terminal)[#Command Line](/devtips/tags/command-line)+4 tags

[Read Tip](/devtips/post/7-reasons-learning-linux-terminal-worth-it-beginners)

[![Docker Is Eating Your Disk Space (And How PruneMate Fixes It)](/_astro/hero.BD8-gtdG_26qrXW.webp)](/devtips/post/docker-disk-space-prunemate)

## [Docker Is Eating Your Disk Space (And How PruneMate Fixes It)](/devtips/post/docker-disk-space-prunemate)

-   [Containers & Docker](/devtips/categories/containers--docker)
-   02 Jan 2026
-   05 Mins read

The problem: Docker is eating your disk space What it looks like when it happens Your Docker host is running out of space. Again. You've been spinning up containers, testing new services

[#Docker](/devtips/tags/docker)[#Containers](/devtips/tags/containers)[#Home Lab](/devtips/tags/home-lab)+5 tags

[Read Tip](/devtips/post/docker-disk-space-prunemate)

[![Understanding Kubernetes Services: ClusterIP vs NodePort vs LoadBalancer](/_astro/hero.DBNjupL__148EQW.webp)](/devtips/post/kubernetes-services-clusterip-nodeport-loadbalancer)

## [Understanding Kubernetes Services: ClusterIP vs NodePort vs LoadBalancer](/devtips/post/kubernetes-services-clusterip-nodeport-loadbalancer)

-   [DevOps & Kubernetes](/devtips/categories/devops--kubernetes)
-   23 Dec 2025
-   04 Mins read

If you're working with Kubernetes, you've probably noticed that Pods come and go, and their IP addresses keep changing. That's where Services come in. They give you a stable way to keep your apps acce

[#Kubernetes](/devtips/tags/kubernetes)[#K8s Services](/devtips/tags/k8s-services)[#ClusterIP](/devtips/tags/clusterip)+5 tags

[Read Tip](/devtips/post/kubernetes-services-clusterip-nodeport-loadbalancer)

[![Managing Terraform at Scale with Terragrunt](/_astro/hero.DUZZoi07_ZRPUOh.webp)](/devtips/post/terraform-terragrunt-wrappers)

## [Managing Terraform at Scale with Terragrunt](/devtips/post/terraform-terragrunt-wrappers)

-   [Cloud & Infrastructure Automation](/devtips/categories/cloud--infrastructure-automation)
-   21 Dec 2025
-   03 Mins read

The problem with Terraform at scale Duplicated code across environments If you're managing infrastructure with Terraform across several environments or projects, you've probably hit the point

[#Terraform](/devtips/tags/terraform)[#Terragrunt](/devtips/tags/terragrunt)[#Infrastructure as Code](/devtips/tags/infrastructure-as-code)+4 tags

[Read Tip](/devtips/post/terraform-terragrunt-wrappers)

[![HashiCorp Pulls the Plug on CDKTF](/_astro/hero.BBIsBB2t_Z22hNwP.webp)](/devtips/post/cdktf-deprecation-hashicorp-terraform)

## [HashiCorp Pulls the Plug on CDKTF](/devtips/post/cdktf-deprecation-hashicorp-terraform)

-   [Cloud & Infrastructure Automation](/devtips/categories/cloud--infrastructure-automation)
-   15 Dec 2025
-   03 Mins read

CDKTF is officially deprecated The deprecation announcement Well, it finally happened. HashiCorp (now owned by IBM) officially deprecated the Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (CDKTF)

[#Terraform](/devtips/tags/terraform)[#CDKTF](/devtips/tags/cdktf)[#HashiCorp](/devtips/tags/hashicorp)+6 tags

[Read Tip](/devtips/post/cdktf-deprecation-hashicorp-terraform)

[![Tracing Microservices with OpenTelemetry](/_astro/hero.BOHz8WyH_Z1IEpz3.webp)](/devtips/post/tracing-microservices-opentelemetry)

## [Tracing Microservices with OpenTelemetry](/devtips/post/tracing-microservices-opentelemetry)

-   [Observability & Monitoring](/devtips/categories/observability--monitoring)
-   23 Jun 2025
-   03 Mins read

Why monitor your microservices? The complexity of distributed systems If you're juggling multiple services, it's hard to track how they work together. OpenTelemetry lets you follow one reques

[#OpenTelemetry](/devtips/tags/opentelemetry)[#Microservices](/devtips/tags/microservices)[#Distributed Tracing](/devtips/tags/distributed-tracing)+4 tags

[Read Tip](/devtips/post/tracing-microservices-opentelemetry)

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### [Categories](/devtips/categories)

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-   [Containers docker1](/devtips/categories/containers--docker)
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