r/devops
501k members
r/devops is a subreddit with 501k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking for, devops, struggling, cloud, and tired, and they frequently recommend/review linux distribution, monitoring tool, and cloud provider.
Popular Themes in r/devops
#1
Advice Requests
: "How To practice DevOps"
11 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Is it okay to leave a company after 10 months due to toxic work culture?"
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Help in implementing CICD for Snowflake Objects."
1 post
#4
Opportunities
: "Anthropic is giving 6 months of Claude Max 20x ($1,200 value) for free to open source contributors, applications are open now"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I'm starting a new movement"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/devops
#1
Looking For
43 posts
#2
Devops
: "Devops/Platform engineering vs. Software Dev, is it less creative and more rote work?"
41 posts
#3
Struggling
22 posts
#4
Cloud
10 posts
#5
Tired
9 posts
#6
Tool
9 posts
#7
Kubernetes
6 posts
#8
Docker
: "Best approach to deploy 40+ React apps as microservices on a single server — Docker or k3s?"
5 posts
#9
Job
5 posts
#10
Career
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/devops
Linux Distribution
52 reviews
#1
Ubuntu
4.3★ from 18 reviews
#2
Debian
4.6★ from 12 reviews
#3
Rocky Linux
4.4★ from 5 reviews
Monitoring Tool
28 reviews
#1
Datadog
2.5★ from 28 reviews
Cloud Provider
27 reviews
#1
DigitalOcean
4.5★ from 4 reviews
#2
Google Cloud Platform
4.0★ from 4 reviews
#3
Amazon Web Services
4.7★ from 3 reviews
Flair Used in r/devops
#1
Career / learning
: "Maybe the most hilarious job post I've run into"
39 posts
#2
Discussion
: "DevOps is one of the most vaguely defined roles in tech, and I think that's exactly the point"
27 posts
#3
Tools
: "Why Argo Workflows CI?"
11 posts
#4
Observability
: "Learning Observability"
8 posts
#5
Ops / Incidents
: "the state of the job market in 2026..."
7 posts
#6
Vendor / market research
: "Leaving Your Cloud Provider Is About to Get Cheaper - by Law"
5 posts
#7
Architecture
: "The whole frontend + backend + db split in k8s, help"
5 posts
#8
AI content
: "Jr DevOps and AI"
4 posts
#9
Security
: "Security you can't justify is a vicious cycle"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/devops
Yearly
+92k members(22.5%)
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Last updated: July 14, 2026