Show HN: A platform for solving real-world Linux/DevOps issues

1 gpawar19 0 8/13/2025, 3:16:04 PM

I built a small platform for practicing the kinds of problems DevOps, SREs, and Production Engineers actually face such as Linux troubleshooting, Bash scripting, performance bottlenecks, networking issues, and general debugging.

The idea came after preparing for a Meta Production Engineer interview and realizing there are not many places to practice these skills outside of live incidents.

Right now it has 6 challenges with more planned. Feedback from the HN crowd would be hugely valuable both on the concept and the problems themselves.

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Show HN: A platform for solving real-world Linux/DevOps issues

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