whoami

$ whoami

Nick Nikolakakis Principal SRE, Platform & AI Engineer // Writing about Kubernetes, SRE practices, cloud-native infrastructure, and AI systems

$ uptime

13:06 up 5110 days (14 years), 1 user, load average: curiosity high, downtime none

$ env | grep STACK

STACK_RUNTIME=Kubernetes, Docker, Linux

STACK_PLATFORM=Istio, Cilium, CoreDNS, etcd

STACK_ORCHESTRATION=ArgoCD, Helm, Kustomize, Flux, Crossplane, Kratix

STACK_AI=KServe, Google ADK, MCP, LLMOps, AI Agents

STACK_OBSERVABILITY=Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry

STACK_IAC=Terraform, Crossplane, Ansible, Terragrunt

STACK_LANGUAGES=Go, Python, Bash, YAML

STACK_CLOUD=AWS, GCP, Azure

STACK_CI_CD=GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Tekton

STACK_PRACTICES=SRE, Platform Engineering, GitOps, Chaos Engineering

$ less README.md

Welcome to my personal blog. A collection of articles focused on Kubernetes, Site Reliability Engineering, and Cloud Computing. Each post is crafted to share insights, best practices, and the latest trends in these dynamic fields.

I am a Principal Site Reliability Engineer currently at Workable. With a rich background spanning over 15+ years in the IT industry, I have contributed significantly to large-scale projects at notable companies including OTE/Cosmote, Dixons, Vodafone and Workable among others.

My expertise lies in ensuring robust and reliable IT operations, particularly in high-demand settings.

$ ls ~/projects 5 repos

~/projects/pdb-operator

Kubernetes operator that automates PodDisruptionBudget management for workloads.

repo pdboperator.io

~/projects/sphragis

EU AI Act compliance gateway for governing and auditing LLM traffic.

repo sphragis.eu

~/projects/choragos

Multi-agent coding orchestrator: roles, agents, and models in one config, running in owned PTY panes with gates and live telemetry.

repo sphragis.eu

~/projects/pinax