Hamza Masood
@hamzamasood.bsky.social
I am a DevOps engineer with a passion for Kubernetes and Golang.
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100,000 CPU cores handling 10 million requests per second while reducing infrastructure costs by 19% and worker hangs by 99.8%. Alibaba leverages eBPF with a userspace-directed I/O event notification framework for L7 load balancing.
Case Study: Alibaba Cloud Leverages eBPF for Adaptive Layer 7 Load Balancing – eBPF
Download this case study in PDF format
ebpf.foundation
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
100,000 CPU cores handling 10 million requests per second while reducing infrastructure costs by 19% and worker hangs by 99.8%. Alibaba leverages eBPF with a userspace-directed I/O event notification framework for L7 load balancing.
I have started a blog series that breaks down OAuth 2.0 step by step, beginning with this introductory post: hamzamasood.dev/posts/introd...
Part 1 - Introduction To OAuth - Hamza Masood
Introducing The OAuth protocol
hamzamasood.dev
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I have started a blog series that breaks down OAuth 2.0 step by step, beginning with this introductory post: hamzamasood.dev/posts/introd...
While creating a blog post. I realized that adding a gif dramatically increases the load time vs adding an mp4. Interesting.
August 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
While creating a blog post. I realized that adding a gif dramatically increases the load time vs adding an mp4. Interesting.
Try to work on an open source project that directly effects the work you are doing in your job.
June 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Try to work on an open source project that directly effects the work you are doing in your job.
It is possible to work on a project so much, that you begin to enjoy it and look forward to working on it. Especially if you are making good progress.
The starting is rough but it gets much better.
The starting is rough but it gets much better.
June 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It is possible to work on a project so much, that you begin to enjoy it and look forward to working on it. Especially if you are making good progress.
The starting is rough but it gets much better.
The starting is rough but it gets much better.
If you would like to study computer science for free, check this out:
github.com/ossu/compute...
github.com/ossu/compute...
GitHub - ossu/computer-science: 🎓 Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science!
🎓 Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science! - ossu/computer-science
github.com
May 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you would like to study computer science for free, check this out:
github.com/ossu/compute...
github.com/ossu/compute...
Connecting an EKS cluster to other AWS services using IRSA is a valuable skill to have.
May 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Connecting an EKS cluster to other AWS services using IRSA is a valuable skill to have.
Don't let AI write for you! "Your original thoughts are far more interesting, meaningful, and valuable than whatever a large language model can transform them into."
claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt/
claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt/
I'd rather read the prompt
I have literally never seen LLM writing that actually improved my life.
claytonwramsey.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Don't let AI write for you! "Your original thoughts are far more interesting, meaningful, and valuable than whatever a large language model can transform them into."
claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt/
claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt/
There are so many AWS terminologies. It's doing my head in.
April 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
There are so many AWS terminologies. It's doing my head in.
Developing workflows in github actions has generally been very painful. There is limited lsp support, debugging is very difficult, running actions locally is not very mature yet, there are weird limitations within many features.
April 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Developing workflows in github actions has generally been very painful. There is limited lsp support, debugging is very difficult, running actions locally is not very mature yet, there are weird limitations within many features.
As a software developer, seeing customers use what you have built and genuinely finding value in it is a very rewarding feeling.
April 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As a software developer, seeing customers use what you have built and genuinely finding value in it is a very rewarding feeling.
If you are struggling with converting your handwritten notes to digital notes in @obsidian.md then give this blog a read!
riddle.press/a-marriage-b...
It's fantastic! I just implemented the automation and it's working flawlessly!
riddle.press/a-marriage-b...
It's fantastic! I just implemented the automation and it's working flawlessly!
A Marriage between Handwritten Notes and Obsidian
We live in a world of typed text. What place does the Penman have?
riddle.press
April 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If you are struggling with converting your handwritten notes to digital notes in @obsidian.md then give this blog a read!
riddle.press/a-marriage-b...
It's fantastic! I just implemented the automation and it's working flawlessly!
riddle.press/a-marriage-b...
It's fantastic! I just implemented the automation and it's working flawlessly!
I hate how there is no easy way to debug github actions!!!!!
a cartoon girl with red hair is standing in front of a window with her mouth open
ALT: a cartoon girl with red hair is standing in front of a window with her mouth open
media.tenor.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I hate how there is no easy way to debug github actions!!!!!
This is a GREAT article. Be sure to read if you want to improve as a software engineer.
endler.dev/2025/best-pr...
endler.dev/2025/best-pr...
The Best Programmers I Know | Matthias Endler
I have met a lot of developers in my life.
Late…
endler.dev
April 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is a GREAT article. Be sure to read if you want to improve as a software engineer.
endler.dev/2025/best-pr...
endler.dev/2025/best-pr...
The tech sector in Riyadh is booming. Here is a nice role I found for a Backend engineer that has a strong background in DevOps:
careers.deliveryhero.com/job/senior-b...
careers.deliveryhero.com/job/senior-b...
Senior Backend Engineer - Home & Location Squad
careers.deliveryhero.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The tech sector in Riyadh is booming. Here is a nice role I found for a Backend engineer that has a strong background in DevOps:
careers.deliveryhero.com/job/senior-b...
careers.deliveryhero.com/job/senior-b...
This is such a detailed blog post. It was a very enjoyable and fun read. Great stuff!
April 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is such a detailed blog post. It was a very enjoyable and fun read. Great stuff!
This is a pretty good overview of the various data transfer methods you can use with AWS to transfer between on-premise and cloud.
for example, if you are unaware of when you should use AWS DataSync vs AWS Storage Gateway, then have a read!
aws.amazon.com/datasync/faqs/
for example, if you are unaware of when you should use AWS DataSync vs AWS Storage Gateway, then have a read!
aws.amazon.com/datasync/faqs/
AWS DataSync FAQs
aws.amazon.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is a pretty good overview of the various data transfer methods you can use with AWS to transfer between on-premise and cloud.
for example, if you are unaware of when you should use AWS DataSync vs AWS Storage Gateway, then have a read!
aws.amazon.com/datasync/faqs/
for example, if you are unaware of when you should use AWS DataSync vs AWS Storage Gateway, then have a read!
aws.amazon.com/datasync/faqs/
I've thought about this multiple times as well.
I should buy like "broken laptop lot" from ebay and build a crackhead kubernetes cluster with them
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I've thought about this multiple times as well.
I never heard of TCL before. Very interesting: www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl8.5/t...
Tcl Tutorial
www.tcl-lang.org
March 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I never heard of TCL before. Very interesting: www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl8.5/t...
Overcoming burnout is a challenging journey. Equally frustrating are the lingering effects that persist even after one has begun to recover.
March 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Overcoming burnout is a challenging journey. Equally frustrating are the lingering effects that persist even after one has begun to recover.
PS. If you are using a keyboard from ZSA, then it is possible to configure the tap term from this menu in the settings:
I have mine set to 140 ms. That is the sweet spot for me. But of course, everybody is different :)
I have mine set to 140 ms. That is the sweet spot for me. But of course, everybody is different :)
March 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
PS. If you are using a keyboard from ZSA, then it is possible to configure the tap term from this menu in the settings:
I have mine set to 140 ms. That is the sweet spot for me. But of course, everybody is different :)
I have mine set to 140 ms. That is the sweet spot for me. But of course, everybody is different :)
This article was a game-changer to my productivity. I highly recommend setting up homerow mods if you have not tried yet:
precondition.github.io/home-row-mods
precondition.github.io/home-row-mods
A guide to home row mods
What are home row mods? What is a mod-tap? What settings do you need to use? What are the alternatives? And more in this article...
precondition.github.io
March 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This article was a game-changer to my productivity. I highly recommend setting up homerow mods if you have not tried yet:
precondition.github.io/home-row-mods
precondition.github.io/home-row-mods
Very interesting article about disabling/enabling ACLs on an AWS s3 bucket:
docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/lat...
docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/lat...
Controlling ownership of objects and disabling ACLs for your bucket - Amazon Simple Storage ServiceControlling ownership of objects and disabling ACLs for your bucket - Amazon Simple Storage Service
Control ownership of new objects that are uploaded to your Amazon S3 bucket and disable access control lists (ACLs) for your bucket using S3 Object Ownership.
docs.aws.amazon.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Very interesting article about disabling/enabling ACLs on an AWS s3 bucket:
docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/lat...
docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/lat...