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DevOps & SRE

Reliability, velocity, and the on-call rotation. From deployment pipelines to incident response, the craft of keeping production systems running and the people doing it.

Issue 01·May 2026·6 stories

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DEVOPS · Cover Story

From Curiosity to Cloud: The Inspiring Tech Journey of Adedayo Oyetunji

Adedayo Oyetunji’s journey into technology is a story of curiosity, resilience, and continuous growth. Beginning her career in IT support, she built a strong foundation in problem-solving and customer-focused solutions before transitioning into cloud computing and DevOps. Through dedication, hands-on learning, and mentorship at Expadox Lab’s CloudOps Hub, she transformed theoretical knowledge into practical experience. Despite personal challenges along the way, Adedayo has remained committed to learning, innovation, and making an impact through technology. Her journey reflects the belief that success is built through persistence, adaptability, and the courage to keep growing.

By Adedayo Oyetunji Oluwayemisi ·June 30, 2026

From Curiosity to Cloud: The Inspiring Tech Journey of Adedayo Oyetunji

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Designing Reliable Cloud Infrastructure For Everyday Transactions

My work as a DevOps engineer became real to me the day I connected it to the everyday life in Lagos; every POS beep, every digital wallet payment, runs on an invisible infrastructure I help keep alive. At Max, when rapid growth started outpacing how we managed our systems, I led the effort to standardise our infrastructure, tighten security, and build alerts that measured real user impact. My goal was quite simple at the time: know something is broken before our merchants do. And then? the result was faster releases, smoother recoveries, and a team that could finally build with confidence instead of constantly reacting. Now, every time a transaction succeeds in a busy Nigerian market, I feel a quiet joy knowing my work also made that reliability possible.

Omolade Funmilayo Akinwumi

DEVOPS

Still Becoming: My Journey Back Into Tech Through Cloud, Community, and Courage

After an unexpected career pause following a coding bootcamp, I questioned whether I still had a place in technology. Through the AWS re/Start program, I discovered cloud computing, developed a passion for DevOps, and began rebuilding my confidence in tech; one Terraform file, one project, and one lesson at a time. This is not a story of having everything figured out, it is a story of showing up, learning publicly, and continuing to build while still searching for my first opportunity in tech.

Belinda Ntinyari

DEVOPS

I Used to Fear Infrastructure. Terraform Changed That.

A computer engineering student documents their hands-on journey learning Terraform and Infrastructure as Code — from Googling basic definitions to building a full three-tier AWS architecture with a CI/CD pipeline. The piece covers real concepts (remote state, security group bugs, credential management, configuration drift) through the lens of someone who learned by breaking things, fixing them, and being honest about the confusion along the way.

Safalta Khanal

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