👋 Hi, I'm Fernando

💻 Software Engineer | ☸️ Kubernetes | 🏗 Infrastructure | 🏡 Homelab
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico → 🇺🇸 Chicago
Pronouns: he / him

I’m a Software Engineer from Puerto Rico currently based out of Chicago.
I focus on building and operating practical, production-like systems, with an emphasis on Kubernetes, automation, and Linux infrastructure.

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🔭 What I'm Working On

• Operating a K3s homelab cluster on mixed hardware
• Automating cluster setup with Ansible and Helm
• Experimenting with Kubernetes networking and CNI behavior
• Running real workloads (game servers, services) on Kubernetes

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🛠 Tools & Technologies

☸️ Orchestration & Containers

🌐 Networking & OS

🤖 Automation & Packaging

☁️ Cloud

🧑‍💻 Languages

📊 Monitoring (when necessary 😅)

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💡 Engineering Approach

• Prefer simple systems that I fully understand
• Automate repetitive and failure-prone tasks
• Treat homelabs like production, not demos

Build it. Break it. Fix it. Automate it.

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📌 Featured Projects

• 🏡 K3s Homelab Cluster – Multi-node Kubernetes cluster with automated provisioning
• 🎮 Minecraft on Kubernetes – Real-world workload deployed via Helm on K3s

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🤝 Connect

• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/fernandorod10