Engin Diri

Engin Diri, known online as @_ediri, is a Senior Solutions Architect at PulumiCorp and a true Cloud Native Pilgrim. With a profound obsession for DevOps, Serverless, and Kubernetes, he tirelessly explores the frontiers of cloud technology, embodying the title of 'YAML Engineer'. His journey is marked by significant contributions to the cloud-native ecosystem, often sharing his vast knowledge through insightful blog posts and open-source projects.

His technical prowess is evident in his extensive GitHub presence, where he manages 292 repositories. Engin is the creator of innovative tools like 'minectl', a CLI for creating Minecraft servers across various cloud providers, and 'K3SAIR', a utility for air-gapped k3s installations. He's actively developing providers for Pulumi, including for ESC, Port, Fly.io, and Harbor, demonstrating his commitment to infrastructure as code.

Engin's blog covers advanced topics such as Argo CD's Helm support in Kustomize, sophisticated secret management on Kubernetes with Pulumi's External Secrets Operator, and integrating Rust into cloud functions. His recent interactions highlight his practical involvement, from troubleshooting AWS EKS clusters to praising tools like the Cilium network policy editor and delving into low-level container management with containerd. He is a certified Kubernetes administrator and developer (CKA, CKAD), cementing his expert status in the Kubernetes domain. Engin's dedication ensures that complex cloud infrastructures are not just built, but finely tuned for optimal performance and security.