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This public account is maintained by Xiaotianguo and friends, regularly publishing widely-read original technical articles. We focus on operations transformation and accompany you throughout your operations career, growing together happily.

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Nov 30, 2025 · Databases

Why MySQL’s utf8 Isn’t True UTF‑8 and How utf8mb4 Solves It

MySQL’s original utf8 implementation was a limited, buggy version that only supported three‑byte characters, leading to data loss for emojis and rare symbols, so MySQL introduced utf8mb4 as a full UTF‑8 solution and now recommends it as the default encoding.

Character SetMySQLdatabases
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Why MySQL’s utf8 Isn’t True UTF‑8 and How utf8mb4 Solves It
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Efficient Ops
Nov 23, 2025 · Cloud Native

Deploy Traefik as a Dynamic Cloud‑Native Reverse Proxy with Docker

This guide explains what Traefik is, highlights its automatic service‑discovery and dynamic routing features, and provides step‑by‑step Docker‑Compose instructions to install Traefik, deploy a sample service, and verify the setup using curl or a browser.

DockerLoad BalancingTraefik
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Deploy Traefik as a Dynamic Cloud‑Native Reverse Proxy with Docker
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Efficient Ops
Nov 19, 2025 · Information Security

Master HTTPS Certificate Creation: From CA Basics to Automated Shell Scripts

This guide walks you through the four core stages of HTTPS certificate handling—CA distribution, domain request, validation, and data encryption—while providing detailed OpenSSL commands, Linux/Windows/macOS trust‑store paths, and a ready‑to‑run shell script for fully automated certificate generation.

AutomationHTTPSOpenSSL
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Master HTTPS Certificate Creation: From CA Basics to Automated Shell Scripts
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Efficient Ops
Nov 17, 2025 · Operations

Mastering pwru: A Step‑by‑Step Guide to eBPF Packet Tracing with Cilium

This article introduces pwru, Cilium's eBPF‑based packet‑tracing tool, explains kernel requirements, shows how to install the pre‑built binary, details command‑line options, and provides practical examples for filtering, output customization, and debugging dropped packets in Linux networking.

CiliumLinux NetworkingeBPF
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Mastering pwru: A Step‑by‑Step Guide to eBPF Packet Tracing with Cilium
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Efficient Ops
Nov 11, 2025 · Databases

MySQL 8.0 End-of-Life 2026: Migration Paths and Best Practices

MySQL 8.0 will lose Oracle support on April 30, 2026, ending security patches, bug fixes, and official assistance, so organizations must choose between upgrading to a newer MySQL version, switching to Percona Server, or migrating to alternative databases like MariaDB or PostgreSQL.

DBaaSDatabase MigrationEnd of Life
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MySQL 8.0 End-of-Life 2026: Migration Paths and Best Practices
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Efficient Ops
Nov 9, 2025 · Operations

How Tencent’s PCG Achieves Full‑Link Observability and AI‑Powered SRE

The talk details Tencent PCG’s end‑to‑end observability platform, its data‑standardization pipeline, client‑backend session linking, AI‑enhanced SRE Agent with large language models, and the roadmap toward a SaaS offering, illustrating how modern operations integrate AI for rapid fault localization.

AILarge Language ModelMonitoring
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How Tencent’s PCG Achieves Full‑Link Observability and AI‑Powered SRE
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Nov 5, 2025 · Operations

Boost Ops Efficiency: Exploring 8 Essential MCP Components for Smart Automation

This article introduces eight core MCP components—Grafana, Jenkins, K8s, Playwright, GitHub, Zabbix, Prometheus, and Alibaba Cloud—detailing how each enhances monitoring, automation, resource management, and performance optimization, thereby dramatically improving operational efficiency and reducing manual workload.

AutomationDevOpsMCP
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Boost Ops Efficiency: Exploring 8 Essential MCP Components for Smart Automation