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Co-Founder of CoderCo. Principal DevOps & Platform Engineer.

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7+ years in infra, DevOps, backend and databases.

Open source maintainer (3K+ stars). CNCF contributor.

CoderCo - 1,000+ member strong community of DevOps experts.

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CoderCo

1,000+ member strong community of DevOps experts. Educational content, mentorship, and hands-on labs for engineers.

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Series

30 Days of Building Tools

Daily LinkedIn series building practical DevOps tools. Tech Vault, interview prep CLI, container networking labs.

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Content

Teaching and creating content to help others grow in their craft.

Recent Blog Posts

Latest thoughts on DevOps, Kubernetes, and cloud-native tech

7 Mar 2026 20 min read

Building a Production-Grade Homelab with K3s, Vault, and FluxCD

How I built a fully GitOps-managed Kubernetes homelab on a single mini PC - from unboxing to production. Proxmox bare metal install, K3s cluster, HashiCorp Vault secrets, full observability, and Cloudflare Tunnel.

K8s DevOps

#kubernetes#k3s#homelab

4 Mar 2026 10 min read

OpenTelemetry Changed How I Think About Observability

A practical, opinionated take on OpenTelemetry - why it matters, what it actually solves, and how to instrument across Kubernetes, Lambda, ECS, and EC2 without losing your mind.

DevOps Observability

#opentelemetry#observability#kubernetes

24 Feb 2026 13 min read

AWS Control Tower Account Factory - The Gotchas Nobody Tells You

Real-world lessons from automating AWS account provisioning with Control Tower, Service Catalog, and Terraform. The silent failures, IAM traps, and StackSet timing issues that cost us days.

AWS Platform Engineering

#aws#control-tower#terraform

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What People Say

Recommendations from colleagues and collaborators

I've had the pleasure of working with Mohamed — a true DevOps wizard. His deep technical knowledge, problem-solving mindset, and calm approach under pressure make him an invaluable asset to any team.

Mohamed Riyadh Menacer Senior Software Engineer @ Trainline

Mohamed's ability to tackle complex technical challenges while fostering collaboration made our team stronger and more efficient. Mo has a knack for breaking down difficult concepts and turning them into actionable solutions.

Catherine Jennifer Senior Cyber Security Engineer

I worked with Mo on various aspects of our cloud infrastructure. This included the CDN setup, Terraform and Golang-based providers, multiple lambdas, ECS and other AWS-based services. Mo has built an amazing community called Deengineers.

Yuriy Vaskin Staff Engineer @ Trainline

His work on migrating our CDN from our 3rd party CDN provider to AWS CloudFront was nothing short of impressive, handling the migration of over 300+ domains.

Sabrina S. Frontend Software Engineer

Mohamed is an excellent DevOps/Platform Engineer who understands both the big picture and the finer details. His technical acumen combined with his ability to communicate effectively makes him a valuable team member.

Guilherme Morais Filho Engineering Manager

Mo's enthusiasm for learning and sharing knowledge is infectious. He's always looking for ways to improve processes and help others grow. A true team player.

Abdirahman Jama Software Engineer

Working with Mohamed was a great experience. His expertise in Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure helped us scale our platform reliably. Highly recommended!

Tuffail Rahman Platform Engineer

Mohamed brings a unique combination of technical depth and teaching ability. His mentorship has helped many engineers level up their DevOps skills.

Amarjot Singh DevOps Engineer

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