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Some new things made public
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mortolian/README.md

Hi, I’m Gideon a.k.a. Mortolian

Senior DevOps / Platform Architect focused on building reliable, scalable systems that support real businesses and real teams.

My open-source work reflects how I design, automate, and maintain production systems — with clarity, pragmatism, and long-term operability in mind.

What I Do

I design and evolve platforms at the intersection of:

  • Cloud infrastructure & Kubernetes
  • Automation, CI/CD, and GitOps
  • Data-driven systems and AI-enabled workflows
  • Engineering practices that scale with teams

I’m especially interested in reducing operational friction and making complex systems boring to run.

How I Work

  • I favor simple architectures that age well
  • I automate to reduce cognitive load, not to impress
  • I document decisions so systems are understandable years later
  • I treat infrastructure as a product, not a side effect

If you’re reviewing my profile as part of a hiring or collaboration process:
this GitHub is intentionally representative of how I think and build.

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    CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) calculators are simple tools to assist you to calculate a block of IP addresses.

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