LAVELL BURTON

I'm a self-taught Cloud DevOps Engineer building a homelab and hands-on projects for mastery of Linux, DevContainers, AWS, and Python.

I share my journey and projects here as I work towards becoming a Cloud DevOps Engineer.

🔧 Things I'm working on (Under Construction Redesigning my GitLab)

Homelab

My self-hosted home lab for learning DevOps, security, and cloud orchestration running production grade Kubernetes clusters

Arch Linux Installation with LUKS + TPM

Secure Arch Linux installation using full disk encryption and TPM for key storage.

DevContainers Running Kubernetes Cluster Workloads

Containerized dev environments for isolated, reproducible workflows.

Quartz Blog Site

My CLI-native blog site powered by Quartz for sharing insights and learning progress.

AWS Cloud DevOps Projects

Building scalable, automated cloud infrastructures on AWS.

📝 Blog Posts (Will be Available Soon)

I document my projects journey

• Homelab: Running Production Grade Kubernetes Clusters

• Arch Linux Workstation with LUKS + TPM

• DevContainers Hosting My Workloads

• Quartz Blog Website

• AWS Cloud DevOps Projects

💻 Skills & Focus

• Linux / Arch Linux: Full disk encryption, Pure systemd, minimalist.

• DevContainers: Containerized dev environments for reproducibility.

• AWS Cloud: Building scalable, automated infrastructure.

• Python: Actively learning with 100 Days of Python; planning to learn Go next.

📫 Connect with Me

• LinkedIn

• Medium

• GitHub

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