Kashif Manzer

Backend/full-stack engineer. Go, Python, Node.js, TypeScript. I write about distributed systems, infra, and DevOps: how things break and how to fix them. Ex Viasat, Settlemint.

California,USA Joined on Sep 24, 2026

Kashif Manzer

Oct 25

Your app was patched. Your PHP was not: PHP2Shell explained

#php #security #devops #backend

6 min read

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Kashif Manzer

Oct 23

Why the Linux OOM killer killed your container when memory looked fine

#linux #devops #kubernetes #docker

4 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 21

One zone lost power in London, and the banks went dark with it

#devops #cloud #backend #googlecloud

6 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 20

I kept approving Claude Code commands I didn't understand, so I built clear-caption

#ai #opensource #devtools #productivity

3 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 19

How a DNS race condition took DynamoDB offline in us-east-1

#aws #dns #devops #backend

6 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 18

Your pipeline failed but your YAML was fine: how a Gitaly timeout broke GitLab CI on Friday

#gitlab #ci #devops #backend

5 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 16

How the DNS root rotated its master key on October 11 without breaking the internet

#dns #security #networking #devops

6 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 14

The API your automation switched on is the one the attacker needs

#security #networking #devops #backend

4 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 12

How to stop a cron job from running twice

#python #go #devops #backend

3 min read

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Oct 11

CircleCI was not hacked. Its database filled a disk with its own diary.

#devops #backend #database #networking

4 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 9

GitHub Is Failing Your macOS Builds on Purpose This Month

#github #devops #ci #backend

4 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 7

Your plan says (known after apply). OpenTofu 1.13 lets you talk back

#opentofu #terraform #devops #infrastructure

4 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 5

Codecov went down today over an expired certificate: how TLS renewal actually fails

#security #devops #networking #backend

6 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 4

A broken cable on the ocean floor slowed the internet for a whole country

#networking #devops #backend #beginners

5 min read

Kashif Manzer

Oct 2

Why your retries need jitter: the thundering herd, explained

#go #python #backend #devops

5 min read

Kashif Manzer

Sep 30

How one user's StatefulSet edit could land a pod in someone else's namespace

#kubernetes #devops #security #backend

5 min read

Kashif Manzer

Sep 28

One bad config file, 8.5 million blue screens

#security #devops #programming #beginners

5 min read

Kashif Manzer

Sep 25

Two AI APIs die this weekend: Perplexity Sonar (Sep 27) and Appsmith AI (Sep 30)

#devops #ai #tutorial #javascript

5 min read

Kashif Manzer

Sep 24

GitHub Deleted Node 20 From Actions Runners: The 15-Minute Triage Checklist

#devops #github #tutorial

3 min read

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Your app was patched. Your PHP was not: PHP2Shell explained

Want to connect with Kashif Manzer?

Why the Linux OOM killer killed your container when memory looked fine

One zone lost power in London, and the banks went dark with it

I kept approving Claude Code commands I didn't understand, so I built clear-caption

How a DNS race condition took DynamoDB offline in us-east-1

Your pipeline failed but your YAML was fine: how a Gitaly timeout broke GitLab CI on Friday

How the DNS root rotated its master key on October 11 without breaking the internet

The API your automation switched on is the one the attacker needs

How to stop a cron job from running twice

CircleCI was not hacked. Its database filled a disk with its own diary.

GitHub Is Failing Your macOS Builds on Purpose This Month

Your plan says (known after apply). OpenTofu 1.13 lets you talk back

Codecov went down today over an expired certificate: how TLS renewal actually fails

A broken cable on the ocean floor slowed the internet for a whole country

Why your retries need jitter: the thundering herd, explained

How one user's StatefulSet edit could land a pod in someone else's namespace

One bad config file, 8.5 million blue screens

Two AI APIs die this weekend: Perplexity Sonar (Sep 27) and Appsmith AI (Sep 30)

GitHub Deleted Node 20 From Actions Runners: The 15-Minute Triage Checklist