About.

I'm learning Kubernetes, OpenShift, and open source along the way, and I write about it here.

About the blog

This isn't a news feed. It's my space to share what I'm learning and how I'm progressing, both technically and personally.

Sometimes it's a problem I solved in production, sometimes it's something about OpenShift or open source that took me a while to understand, explained the way I wish someone had explained it to me. The goal is to help someone else understand how things actually work.

What I write about

  • Kubernetes and OpenShift in day-to-day reality, not just the lab
  • Cloud-native architecture decisions and their trade-offs
  • GitOps, automation, and improving developer experience
  • Generative AI, MCP, and agents running on Kubernetes
  • AI integrated with Java in systems that are actually in production

Jean Paul López

I'm a Senior Consultant at Red Hat, with over 8 years in enterprise software and the Kubernetes/OpenShift world.

I help companies adopt cloud native, but this blog isn't corporate material: it's my personal notebook. Everything here is my own experience and opinion, the good parts and the parts I'm still figuring out.

If something I write helps you move faster on your own path, it did its job.

What you'll find here

  • Field notes, not just polished tutorials
  • How to modernize large Java systems without breaking things
  • Kubernetes, OpenShift, GitOps, and AI explained from practice
  • Real production platform trade-offs, growing pains included