Collection · 9 entries
DevOps and infrastructure tools
CLIs, port-forwarders, backup wrappers, and templating tools for the boring-but-load-bearing parts of running infrastructure.
The DevOps cluster here is intentionally narrow: tools that sit between you and a system you don't fully control. ytt for structural YAML templating, kftray for kubectl port-forwards, autorestic as a config-driven restic wrapper, cup for Docker image update checks, runs-on for self-hosted runners. Each one replaces a workflow that was previously brittle bash.
Prometheus MCP server
MCP server that lets agents query and analyze Prometheus metrics through a standardized tool interface. Useful for ops-aware coding agents.
ytt - structural YAML templating
Carvel's templating tool that operates on YAML data structures instead of text. Eliminates the indentation-and-quotes pain of Helm-style string templating.
Nixopus - autonomous cloud for builders
Open-source PaaS that handles deploys, env management, databases, and rollbacks across your own VPS fleet. Heroku-class UX without the Heroku price.
Zane Ops - self-hosted PaaS
Beautiful self-hosted control plane for deploying web apps, static sites, and databases on your own infra. Render/Railway feel without the lock-in.
cup - Docker container update checker
Tiny Rust CLI plus React UI that scans your running containers and tells you which images have updates available. Zero-config, no agent on the host.
runs-on - self-hosted GitHub Actions runners on AWS
CloudFormation-based runner controller. Reportedly 10x cheaper than GitHub-hosted runners with 40% faster builds and unlimited cache.
kftray - kubectl port-forward manager
Tray app for managing kubectl port-forwards plus an ngrok-like reverse tunnel for exposing local services with TLS, traffic inspection, and multi-hop proxies.
autorestic - config-driven backup wrapper for restic
YAML-driven CLI that schedules, runs, and prunes restic backups across multiple locations. The friendly face restic always needed.
murex - smarter shell with a real type system
POSIX-friendly Go shell that knows about JSON, CSV, TOML, and YAML natively. Pipe structured data without `jq` gymnastics.
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