About
Building useful things. Making the path clearer.
I work in DevOps, build in public, and try to make the path clearer for people coming behind me.
The short version: hired at 19, still studying, still learning, and still more interested in useful work than in acting like I have everything solved.
What matters here
Real infrastructure work.
Writing that gives students better direction.
A warm tone without pretending the work is easier than it is.
How I think about the work
I learn best by building, breaking things, reading docs, and trying again. That shaped the way I work and the way I write.
The reason I publish for CS students is simple: too much advice is vague, outdated, or disconnected from the actual dream outcome people have, which is getting hired and building a good career.
I care about being direct, but still warm. Useful, but not performative. Ambitious, but not inflated.
What I spend time on
DevOps and IT consulting during the day.
Business Informatics alongside the job.
Homelab, K3s, Linux, CI/CD, and AI workflows when I am building on my own.
Ilyasbuilds
Becoming an architect.
K3s on real hardware. Self-hosted apps. The actual process - not the tutorial version. If you want to know what I can actually build, that's where it is.
For CS Students
Making the CS degree worth it again.
If you're still studying and you want the exact path I took - the phases, the resources, the application strategy - it's all there.