DevOps and infra problems

30 problems, rising first. The list grows every day.

Problem	Companies	Active	Seen on	This week
CI builds are slow and tests are flakyKubernetes, Cursor, Apache Flink, Apache Iceberg, GitHub, AWS4d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Community forums	Kubernetes, Cursor, Apache Flink, Apache Iceberg, GitHub, AWS	4d activesince Sep 12	Seen on GitHub issues, Community forums	+33 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (rising)
Permissions and IAM are confusing and error-proneGitHub, Prefect, AWS, Apache Kafka, Oracle, n8n13d active+1Seen on GitHub issues, Reddit, Hacker News, Community forums	GitHub, Prefect, AWS, Apache Kafka, Oracle, n8n	13d activesince Aug 26	Seen on GitHub issues, Reddit, Hacker News, Community forums	+33 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (rising)
Docker users keep filing bugsDocker, n8n, Grafana, Supabase, llama.cpp, Gemini9d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Stack Overflow, Community forums	Docker, n8n, Grafana, Supabase, llama.cpp, Gemini	9d activesince Aug 27	Seen on GitHub issues, Stack Overflow, Community forums	+44 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (rising)
Vercel users keep filing bugsVercel, GitHub, npm4d activeSeen on GitHub issues	Vercel, GitHub, npm	4d activesince Sep 1	Seen on GitHub issues	+33 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (rising)
Fly.io users keep asking for helpFly.io4d activeSeen on Community forums	Fly.io	4d activesince Aug 28	Seen on Community forums	+22 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
AWS users keep asking for helpAWS, AWS Lambda, Terraform, Lambda, Claude Code, Codex5d activeSeen on Stack Overflow, Reddit, GitHub issues	AWS, AWS Lambda, Terraform, Lambda, Claude Code, Codex	5d activesince Sep 14	Seen on Stack Overflow, Reddit, GitHub issues	+22 posts in the last 7 days, 3 the 7 days before (steady)
Terraform state drifts from what is really deployedTerraform, Microsoft Azure, Databricks8d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit	Terraform, Microsoft Azure, Databricks	8d activesince Aug 28	Seen on GitHub issues, Reddit	+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)
Grafana users keep filing bugsGrafana7d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Community forums	Grafana	7d activesince Aug 27	Seen on GitHub issues, Community forums	+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)
Jobs and services run out of memoryPolars, BigQuery, Airbyte, DuckDB, Positron, Segment6d activeSeen on GitHub issues	Polars, BigQuery, Airbyte, DuckDB, Positron, Segment	6d activesince Aug 28	Seen on GitHub issues	+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Terraform users keep filing bugsTerraform, IBM4d activeSeen on GitHub issues	Terraform, IBM	4d activesince Sep 1	Seen on GitHub issues	+11 post in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (steady)
Microsoft Azure users keep filing bugsMicrosoft Azure, Grafana, Databricks3d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit	Microsoft Azure, Grafana, Databricks	3d activesince Sep 3	Seen on GitHub issues, Reddit	+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Kubernetes is too complex to run wellKubernetes, GitHub, Airbyte, MLflow, Docker3d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Stack Overflow	Kubernetes, GitHub, Airbyte, MLflow, Docker	3d activesince Sep 7	Seen on GitHub issues, Stack Overflow	+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Kubernetes is too complex for most teamsKubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Apache Airflow, dbt3d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit	Kubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Apache Airflow, dbt	3d activesince Sep 7	Seen on GitHub issues, Reddit	+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Kubernetes permissions are confusing and error-proneKubernetes, LinkedIn2d activeSeen on Reddit, BlueskyUnverified	Kubernetes, LinkedIn	2d activesince Sep 14	Seen on Reddit, Bluesky	+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Infrastructure code drifts from what is really deployedTerraform, Vertex AI, Claude Code, Claude, GitHub2d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified	Terraform, Vertex AI, Claude Code, Claude, GitHub	2d activesince Sep 16	Seen on GitHub issues	+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Claude builds are slow or flakyClaude, Codex, Docker2d activeSeen on Hacker NewsUnverified	Claude, Codex, Docker	2d activesince Sep 14	Seen on Hacker News	+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Gemini runs out of memoryGemini, Model Context Protocol4d activeSeen on GitHub issues	Gemini, Model Context Protocol	4d activesince Aug 27	Seen on GitHub issues	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
Apache Airflow is too complex to run wellApache Airflow, GitHub, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS5d activeSeen on GitHub issues	Apache Airflow, GitHub, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS	5d activesince Aug 27	Seen on GitHub issues	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
Trouble with Grafana dashboardGrafana3d activeSeen on GitHub issues	Grafana	3d activesince Sep 1	Seen on GitHub issues	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
GitHub Actions users keep asking for helpGitHub Actions, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, Vercel, n8n5d activeSeen on Reddit, GitHub issues, Stack Overflow	GitHub Actions, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, Vercel, n8n	5d activesince Aug 27	Seen on Reddit, GitHub issues, Stack Overflow	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Containers are slow to build, bloated or crash-loopingGitHub, Kubernetes, Apache Airflow, vLLM, Docker, npm3d activeSeen on GitHub issues	GitHub, Kubernetes, Apache Airflow, vLLM, Docker, npm	3d activesince Sep 3	Seen on GitHub issues	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
Airbyte is too complex to run wellAirbyte, Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, GitHub3d activeSeen on GitHub issues	Airbyte, Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, GitHub	3d activesince Sep 4	Seen on GitHub issues	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (fading)
Trouble with Grafana dashboardsGrafana2d activeSeen on GitHub issues	Grafana	2d activesince Sep 8	Seen on GitHub issues	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
AWS Lambda users keep asking for helpAWS Lambda, Lambda, Docker, Amazon S32d activeSeen on Stack OverflowUnverified	AWS Lambda, Lambda, Docker, Amazon S3	2d activesince Aug 31	Seen on Stack Overflow	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
GitHub runs out of memoryGitHub, Kubernetes, Grafana2d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified	GitHub, Kubernetes, Grafana	2d activesince Aug 31	Seen on GitHub issues	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
PostgreSQL permissions are confusing and error-pronePostgreSQL, n8n, GitHub, Docker2d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified	PostgreSQL, n8n, GitHub, Docker	2d activesince Sep 2	Seen on GitHub issues	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
GitHub state drifts from what is really deployedGitHub, Terraform2d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified	GitHub, Terraform	2d activesince Aug 28	Seen on GitHub issues	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Claude permissions are confusing and error-proneClaude, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform2d activeSeen on RedditUnverified	Claude, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform	2d activesince Sep 1	Seen on Reddit	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Claude state drifts from what is really deployedClaude, GitHub, Terraform1d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified	Claude, GitHub, Terraform	1d activesince Aug 29	Seen on GitHub issues	+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Kubernetes users keep filing bugsKubernetes, Claude, GitHub, Docker, Terraform, Prefect13d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit	Kubernetes, Claude, GitHub, Docker, Terraform, Prefect	13d activesince Aug 26	Seen on GitHub issues, Reddit	+22 posts in the last 7 days, 5 the 7 days before (fading)

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