About

About

About Me

Hey there, I’m M. Volkan 👋
My tech journey started unusually early — I was one of those lucky kids who had a computer at home from day one.
I grew up on Windows 95, DOS, and the magical sound of dial-up internet.
In 2007, I met Linux… and let’s just say things were never the same after that.

🐧 Linux & Open Source: A Long-Term Relationship

Linux isn’t just an operating system for me —
it’s the place where my brain feels at home.

  • First touched Linux in 2007
  • Played with everything from Debian/Ubuntu to RHEL, CentOS, SUSE
  • Windows? It’s fine… but the penguin is my real love 😄
  • Open source is my comfort zone: transparent, logical, and endlessly customizable

🚀 What I Do

In recent years, I’ve been deep into DevOps, Cloud, and modern infrastructure engineering.

My day-to-day includes:

  • Designing and managing Kubernetes clusters
  • Building rock-solid CI/CD pipelines
  • Automating systems with Ansible
  • Tuning performance and hardening servers
  • Improving observability
  • Troubleshooting bizarre production issues without panicking
  • Managing backups, DR strategies, HA clusters, and complex networking
  • Constant experimentation, benchmarking, and optimization

Basically:
If it runs in production, I make sure it runs well.

🔧 What I Play With (aka My Hobbies)

Outside the production world, I’m usually surrounded by even more tech:

  • Arduino projects
  • Home automation experiments
  • Raspberry Pi everything
  • Electronics & wiring (sometimes on purpose)
  • Automotive repairs — from diagnostics to “let’s see what happens if I fix this myself”
  • And yes…
    I love hacking any device that can take a custom firmware.
    Routers, TVs, IoT toys, random gadgets — if it has firmware, I’m interested 😄

These are not just hobbies; they keep me curious, sharp, and constantly learning.

🔥 What Defines My Work Style

  • I genuinely enjoy solving problems
  • I treat performance tuning like a hobby
  • “It works” is never enough — it must work properly
  • Breaking things to understand them doesn’t scare me
  • Automation is my default instinct
  • Details matter — and so does reliability

🎯 My Mission

To share what I learn, help others navigate the Linux & DevOps world, and give back to the open-source community.

This blog is where I document real-world solutions, architectures, failures, fixes, and the occasional
“I can’t believe this actually worked” moment.

☕ Final Note

If you love Linux, open source, automation, hardware tinkering, or the constant pursuit of
“a better way to do this” — we’ll get along just fine.

You can always reach me at:
mustafa [at] vurulkan.com