K8sCockpit · Golden Kubestronaut · Platform & inference
Ramiro Alvarezbuilds in the open.
Platform engineer shipping Kubernetes tooling, self-hosted AI, and products like CanISpot.ai and MiniRSS.ai — CloudNativePG, FinOps, GPUs, inference, and observability. Co-founder & advisor at Resizes.
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- 98+
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- Golden Kubestronaut
- Products
- 2 live
- Self-hosted AI
- 4 tools
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Products & open source I ship
Projects lead this site — products like CanISpot.ai and MiniRSS.ai, plus platform tooling and self-hosted AI. OSS star counts refresh when the site builds.
product · live · finops
CanISpot.ai
Filter-first shortlist for EC2 Spot instances — interruption band, savings, cores, RAM, and $/hour–$/year in one view. Free, no login. Built after too many 2am Spot pages.
- finops
- platform
try it ↗
product · live · inference
MiniRSS.ai
Privacy-first RSS reader with AI summaries powered by small language models (Granite4). Zero tracking, EU-hosted, custom prompts — free in beta. Self-hosted sibling: rss-ai-reader.
- self-hosted AI
try it ↗
creator · Go · inference
karpenter-optimizer
Cost optimization for Karpenter NodePools — usage analysis and AI-powered recommendations (Ollama / LiteLLM / Bedrock) to cut EC2 spend without losing performance.
- platform
- finops
- self-hosted AI
open ↗
creator · Go
cnpg-migrator
Web UI and API to migrate PostgreSQL (e.g. AWS RDS) to CloudNativePG with dump & restore Jobs on Kubernetes.
- platform
- data
open ↗
rss-ai-reader
Self-hosted OSS sibling of MiniRSS.ai — local SLM inference via Ollama, private summaries, browser storage, no cloud APIs.
self-hosted-renovate-review
Inference-backed GitHub Action: reviews Renovate PRs with a self-hosted LLM — keep dependency AI on your infra.
external-snapshotter
CSI external-snapshotter sidecar for Kubernetes VolumeSnapshot CRDs.
ops-platform-slides
Ops → DevOps → Platform Engineering — talk slides from Asturias Software Crafters (Nov 2024).
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Writing
All posts ▸▸▸13 Jul 2026 · engineering
Migrate PostgreSQL to CloudNativePG with CNPG Migrator
A Kubernetes-native, declarative workflow for bringing PostgreSQL into CloudNativePG from AWS RDS or any PostgreSQL running outside your cluster.
5 Jan 2026 · aws
How I Passed the AWS GenAI Professional Exam: Resources and Tips
My journey passing the AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional exam, including study resources and exam strategies.
23 Nov 2025 · open-source
Building a Privacy-First RSS Reader with AI Summaries
How I built a self-hosted RSS reader with local AI summarization using Small Language Models—no cloud APIs, no tracking, just privacy-first information filtering.
16 Oct 2025 · engineering
Stop Localhost: Develop Software Directly Inside Kubernetes
Tired of local development headaches? Discover how to develop your applications directly in a production-like Kubernetes environment.
27 Aug 2025 · engineering
Migrating from Bitnami PostgreSQL to CloudNative-PG on Kubernetes
A practical guide to replacing Bitnami's PostgreSQL Helm chart with the open-source CloudNative-PG operator.
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Speaking
All talks ▸▸▸SX 12 · Asturias Software Crafters · 2024-11
From Ops to DevOps to Platform Engineering
SX 11 · KCD Spain 2023 · 2023-10-12
Cloud FinOps: Experiencias en el mundo real
SX 10 · KCD Munich 2022 · 2022-10-12
Made Load Testing Dev-Friendly Again! When K6 meets Argo
SX 09 · Cloud Rejekts 2022 · 2022-04-14
Cloud FinOps and Sustainability on Kubernetes
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