Transparent agents
Defining the transparent agent pattern: an agent that sits between client and model on the wire, invisible from the client's view, the same way a transparent proxy sits between client and origin in HTTP.
Cassiano Aquino
Senior Principal Engineer - DevOps @ Flutter Entertainment Plc
I write about DevOps, the parts of the stack nobody notices until they stop working, and lately about homelab AI and LLM inference infrastructure.
NGINX - CORS with a single if
Configuring NGINX CORS with a single if using maps and add_header directives.
DNS Round Robin, Consul and Java
Configuring Consul to work around getaddrinfo's implementation of RFC3484, which breaks DNS round robin.
NGINX+ - Replicated Key-Value Store
Configuring NGINX+ modules to create a replicated key-value store using the mirror module.
NGINX+ Automatic PURGE when content is changed
NGINX+ mirror module purges cache for non-GET requests using the purge option and $uri variables.
NGINX - Unique Request Identifier
Configuring NGINX to generate and forward a unique X-Request-ID header to upstream servers.
NGINX+ Chained PURGE
Implementing NGINX+ chained PURGE using Lua and Consul to dynamically update upstream server lists.
Thinking outside of the box with NGINX series - proxy_cache_bypass command
Configuring NGINX's proxy_cache_bypass directive to conditionally bypass caching and update cache entries.
imapfilter - cleaning up your mailbox and Gmail tricks
Configuring imapfilter with Lua scripts to automate mailbox cleanup and Gmail management tasks.
Thinking outside of the box with NGINX series - map command
Configuring NGINX using the map command for conditional logic and variable manipulation.
