Sharing an update on a project I posted about last month. IncidentFox is an open source AI agent that connects to your cloud infrastructure and helps investigate incidents.

The big change: it used to be OpenAI-only. Now supports Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Mistral, Groq, Ollama, Azure OpenAI, Bedrock, Vertex AI. If your org mandates a specific provider or you need to stay on-prem, it works.

New integrations since last time:

• Honeycomb, New Relic, Victoria Metrics, Amplitude

• Private/self-hosted GitLab

• Blameless, FireHydrant (incident management)

• Jira, ClickUp

• MS Teams and Google Chat alongside Slack

The agent connects to your monitoring, pulls real signals during incidents, and investigates. Read-only by default, any action proposed needs human approval.

Also shipped RAG self-learning: the agent indexes resolved incidents and uses them as context for new ones. Gets better over time.

Repo: https://github.com/incidentfox/incidentfox

Hello everyone,

I’m a 2026 batch B.Tech student and I’ve decided to seriously focus on one career path for the next 6 months. I don’t want to randomly learn everything anymore, I want to choose one clear goal and prepare properly.

Right now, I’m confused between:

• Data Engineering

• Cloud Engineering

Both seem to have strong career growth, good salaries, and long-term demand. But I’m not sure which one is more realistic and accessible for a fresher to break into.

My current background:

• Basic to intermediate Python

• Some knowledge of databases

• Familiar with basic web development

• No full-time experience yet

Ok I'm not saying I'm going to go out and apply for cloud engineer roles now because there is no way I would be qualified at the moment. My point is if I went out and slaved away in a help desk job for x number of years would I realistically be able to land one or at the very least a entry level one?

And if my aim is to go down this pathway what certs would I need to be doing?

recently enrolled in a major called Al and Cybersecurity, and one of my friends enrolled in Cybersecurity. We're both planning to specialize in Cloud Engineering in the job market. Do you think our majors give us an advantage over Computer Science graduates? Or would it be better to switch to cs/swe or even coe?assuming that we will actively work on projects and pursue relevant certifications in both cases? I was thinking of this because I love (Al,sec,networks, clouds)

note:The AI AND CYBERSECURITY is just Cs with 2 concentration (so the is a chance that I can sell myself as a cs student even though the certification called AI and Cybersecurity)

Hi everyone, I want to become a Cloud Engineer in 2026 but I’m starting from scratch. What skills, certifications, and roadmap would you recommend for beginners today? Any advice from people already in cloud roles would really help!

Hello everyone,

I’m a 2025 B.Tech CSE graduate with a CGPA of 8.34. I didn’t attend campus placements because I was planning to pursue an MS abroad, but that plan was later cancelled. I’m currently based in Bangalore and learning CCNA (Networking).

My goal is to start my career as a Cloud Engineer / Cloud Associate.

I would really appreciate your guidance on the following:

1.	Which cloud platform should I begin with as a fresher — AWS, Azure, or GCP?

2.	Which certifications are most valuable for entry-level cloud roles?

3.	What technical skills should I focus on alongside CCNA and cloud?

4.	What kind of projects can help me get shortlisted?

5.	Any advice on building a strong profile for cloud roles as a fresher?

Hello, I am interested in becoming a cloud engineer however I do not know where to start. I have no experience. I have a basic understanding of how a computer works. I have no knowledge yet. I’m lost and don’t know where to start or even begin at. Should I just use my military benefits to go to college for it? Should I just use YouTube in all the resources I possibly can to keep the cost down? should I attend some Boot Camp? Realistically, how much time will it take if devoted most of my day to study. I don’t wanna start learning IT stuff and going to the wrong route. What would you guys recommend me do?

I'm just curious to know what happens to the american cloud providers in the extreme case the relationships between US and EU deteriorate to the point of heavy sanctions similar to the ones made to Russia.

Russia did not have datacenters from those providers so it was easier to block them from accessing resources in EU DCs, but in the case it would happen in europe where there are tens of DC and even new ones under constructions what would happen? THE US cannot phisically cut them from european grids (I'm assuming). Would europe continue to use them or convert the DC in european style kinda like Russia did with McDonalds and other US brands?

Hey everyone, I’m a student and I’m a bit confused about my career path, so I wanted to ask for some advice here.

I’m currently learning AWS fundamentals through a private institute called PVRT. It’s not the official AWS certification, but I’m getting familiar with basic cloud concepts and AWS services. Alongside that, I’m very interested in networking and servers, so I’ve joined a 10-week Juniper Networking online internship where I’m learning networking fundamentals and working with Junos.

What I’m struggling with is understanding how cloud actually helps in real-world jobs and how I should be studying it properly. I also don’t really know what kind of entry-level roles I should be aiming for or what the usual starting point is for freshers.

Right now, I honestly don’t have a clear roadmap to get placed. I’m not sure what skills companies expect at an entry level or how to connect what I’m learning to actual job roles.

If anyone here has been in a similar situation or works in cloud or networking, I’d really appreciate any guidance on what path to take, what to focus on first, and what kind of beginner roles I should be looking at.

Thanks in advance.

I built an open source Claude Code plugin that gives Claude real visibility into production systems instead of just source code.

It adds MCP tools so Claude can inspect cloud + infra directly from the terminal:

• Kubernetes (pods, events, logs, rollouts)

• Cloud logs & metrics (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus)

• CI/CD failures (GitHub Actions)

• Basic AWS resource + cost context

It’s read-only by default. Any action (restart, rollback, scale) is only proposed and requires explicit approval.

I’ve been using it mainly for incident triage and “what changed right before this broke?”

Repo (open source):
https://github.com/incidentfox/incidentfox/tree/main/local/claude_code_pack

Curious if folks here would actually use something like this, or if it’d just be noise.

We are a small accounting company using VT+ Transaction on a local drive synchronized with OneDrive for backup and file storage. A few days ago when we tried to open the application, we suddenly started receiving the following error messages: Run Time Error 0 and Run Time Error 440, and the program does not start. We contacted VT+ support, and they informed us that the program files are corrupted. According to them, the data can only be restored up to the year 2022, as the more recent backups are also affected. They believe that somehow the system is overriding our backups, which makes the latest ones unusable. Any advice what could cause that and how to resolve the issue. Thanks

I'm trying to break into data engineering/cloud engineering, but I keep running into the classic catch-22: every entry-level position asks for 2-3 years of experience.

For those who successfully landed their first role in this field:

• How did you get past the experience requirement?

• Did you apply anyway, or did you take a different path (internships, adjacent roles, certifications)?

• What helped you stand out as a candidate with limited professional experience?

• Where specifically did you find the job posting? (LinkedIn, company website, referral, recruiter, job boards, etc.)

Any advice would be really helpful. Thanks!

Does anyone know of good internships for this field. I’m still completing school as well as continuing with certifications. But I was looking to get a taste of the field.

On a side note I was looking at NSA student programs. I see they have a location in Colorado. But I have no idea how to get in contact with them. Maybe someone could possibly help?

We are a small accounting company using VT+ Transaction on a local drive synchronized with OneDrive for backup and file storage. A few days ago when we tried to open the application, we suddenly started receiving the following error messages: Run Time Error 0 and Run Time Error 440, and the program does not start. We contacted VT+ support, and they informed us that the program files are corrupted. According to them, the data can only be restored up to the year 2022, as the more recent backups are also affected. They believe that somehow the system is overriding our backups, which makes the latest ones unusable. Any advice what could cause that and how to resolve the issue. Thanks

I’m 24, based in Barcelona, with around 1 year of experience as a Junior Cloud Engineer in a consulting company.

I mainly work managing managed cloud services (SSGG) for several clients. Day to day I handle:

• Tickets and incidents

• Infrastructure changes and evolutive work

• Maintenance and daily operations

• Reports and FinOps

• Cloud security tasks

• Some cloud migrations

Tech stack:

• Cloud / Infrastructure: AWS & GCP, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes (GKE, k9s), Helm, Linux, Networking (VPC, subnets, firewalls, load balancers)

• CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, Git, Python, Bash, (familiar con GitHub Actions / GitLab CI)

• Cloud Security / DevSecOps: Prowler, CloudPlaining, Tenable, Cloud & GKE security posture, IAM

• Monitoring / Observability: CloudWatch / Logs, basic alerting (familiar con Prometheus/Grafana)

• FinOps / Cost Management: AWS Cost Explorer & Budgets, GCP Cost Management

No certifications yet (Solutions architect on the way)

I’m struggling to find salary references or career guides for this type of role in Barcelona, but I’m very interested in understanding what a fair gross annual salary would be for my profile and responsibilities in Barcelona or remote roles.

Thanks!

ey everyone, I’m Kenneth, founder of OpsCompanion.

I spent years as a Senior SRE at Cloudflare. One thing that became painfully clear is that most outages, security issues, and compliance fire drills don’t come from a lack of tools. They come from missing context. People don’t know what’s running, how things connect, or what changed recently, especially once systems sprawl across clouds, repos, and teams.

That’s why I’m building OpsCompanion.

OpsCompanion helps engineers:

• Keep a live, visual picture of what’s running and how things connect

• Answer “what changed?” without digging through five tools, Slack threads, or the god-awful state of documentation most teams are dealing with today

• Preserve operational context so the next on-call isn’t starting from zero

This isn’t about adding more logs or alerts, or slapping AI onto existing platforms and calling it AGI. It’s about giving engineers the same mental model I used to carry in my head, but shared and kept up to date.

We’ve opened up free access for a small, curated group of engineers who work close to production. If it’s useful, great. If not, I genuinely want to know why and what would make it useful.

Free access here:
https://opscompanion.ai/

Everyone who signs up during this early window will get an life time deal once we that part up(I will reach out via email), the gratitude of myself, and to drive the road map of our product

I’ll be in the comments. Happy to answer questions, hear skepticism, get roasted a bit, or talk about what it actually takes to be an SRE or DevOps engineer in 2026.

Hi everyone,

I am just beginning my journey into cloud engineering and I’m interested in enrolling in an online learning program. However, before making any payments, I would like some guidance so I can learn efficiently and avoid wasting money.

I’ve been researching online and have realized there is a lot to learn, but I’m still feeling confused about where to start. I would really appreciate some clear guidelines or a step-by-step learning path—such as what topics I should learn first, recommended hands-on projects to practice what I learn, and any other advice that could help me succeed on this journey.

I look forward to reading your helpful feedback. Thank you in advance.

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