r/devops
495k members
r/devops is a subreddit with 495k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses devops, looking for, cloud, ai, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review linux distribution, monitoring tool, and cloud provider.
Popular Themes in r/devops
#1
Advice Requests
: "Managers on LinkedIn"
21 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Did not read past the first message of the LinkedIn recruiter’s DM"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Wait time for firewall inclusions is slowing me down. What am I doing wrong?"
3 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "We accidentally spent $300/month running lint on macOS runners. What's your worst GitHub Actions cost mistake?"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "Jr Devops Opportunity"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/devops
#1
Devops
: "I don't think I can take Devops anymore with our current "AI advancements""
111 posts
#2
Looking For
35 posts
#3
Cloud
: "The EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework Sets a New Benchmark - for Everyone"
33 posts
#4
Ai
: "I don't think I can take DevOps anymore with our current "Ai advancements""
24 posts
#5
Struggling
22 posts
#6
Job
15 posts
#7
Tool
15 posts
#8
Aws
: "Is it a problem if I'm only learning on-prem Kubernetes and never touch Aws/Azure?"
14 posts
#9
Career
: "Feeling Stuck in My DevOps Career After 7 Years – Looking for Advice"
14 posts
#10
Kubernetes
: "I Built a Retro Terminal Game to Make Kubernetes Less Boring"
13 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
Discussion
: "Today is why i no longer have the desire to work in IT anymore"
68 posts
#2
Career / learning
: "Got rejected for AI generated content"
42 posts
#3
Architecture
: "Can you share your CI/CD pipeline approach?"
10 posts
#4
Tools
: "Crosspost from ProgrammingHumor"
7 posts
#5
Ops / Incidents
: "Happened to me today"
4 posts
#6
Security
: "I don't think anyone at my company actually knows where all our pii lives"
4 posts
#7
Vendor / market research
: "Resume Projects"
3 posts
#8
Observability
: "Controlling Telemetry explosion at the Edge with OtelCol and OTTL"
2 posts
#9
Troubleshooting
: "Nginx tuning tips: HTTPS/TLS - Turbocharge TTFB/Latency"
1 post
#10
AI content
: "Are any of the AI tools actually worth learning?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/devops
Yearly
+92k members(23.0%)
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Last updated: June 12, 2026