Zaldre Hey there! 👋

I’m Chris, AKA Zaldre, a DevOps engineer and infrastructure enthusiast who believes in automating the boring stuff so humans can focus on the interesting problems.

What I Do

  • Infrastructure as Code - Kubernetes, Ansible and Hybrid Infrastucture architecture design and implementation, both On-Prem and in the cloud
  • Cloud & Container Orchestration - Making complex systems manageable
  • CI/CD Pipelines - Building robust automation that just works
  • Language Polyglot - Go, Python, Powershell, C#, Bash, Ansible, English, Thai
  • Security & Secrets Management - Keeping production safe and compliant

Currently working with Kubernetes at a large distributed scale across Australia and New Zealand and have a healthy obsession with GitOps workflows.

This Blog

This is where I document my technical adventures, lessons learned (often the hard way), and occasional tom foolery in the world of infrastructure and automation.

Topics you’ll find here:

  • Kubernetes deep-dives
  • Infrastructure automation patterns
  • CI/CD best practices
  • Designing scalable reliable systems
  • The occasional rant about why we over-engineer things

Beyond the Terminal

When I’m not wrestling with YAML files, you can find me being a coffee nerd (Melbourne life), Spending time with my wife Sandhya and my daughter Zoe, Riding my bike around Melbourne’s inner west or enjoying a frosty cold beer at the pub

Get in Touch

This blog is built with Hugo and deployed via GitHub Actions because even my personal site needs a proper CI/CD pipeline.