A Laboratory for Observability

Exploring SRE and Platform Engineering through a self-hosted telemetry stack.

A self-hosted platform engineering lab for Kubernetes operations, observability, and GitOps reliability.

Observability as an Engineering Discipline

  • Observability Hub is a self-hosted platform engineering lab for operating Kubernetes services with clear visibility into health, traffic, and infrastructure state.
  • It demonstrates practical SRE work: service health, telemetry, GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, and RCA-backed improvement.
  • The project favors owned infrastructure and reproducible operations over black-box managed tooling.

Platform Signals

Kubernetes Operations

Runs and inspects platform services on K3s with service health, workload state, logs, events, and network visibility.

Observability Stack

Uses Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and eBPF visibility to connect service behavior with operational signals.

Infrastructure as Code

Manages platform services declaratively with Terraform and GitOps workflows.

Go Platform Tooling

Keeps service entry points thin and moves reusable platform logic into internal Go packages.

Why It Matters

  • Shows hands-on ownership of Kubernetes, observability, infrastructure-as-code, and GitOps.
  • Demonstrates SRE judgment through incident reviews, operational hardening, and measurable platform improvements.
  • Uses Go to build platform tooling around real operational workflows.
  • Keeps the project understandable through ADRs, evolution history, and reproducible infrastructure.