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Now I have to babysit AI?
This week we're chaining Ansible, Terraform, and custom scripts into automated pipelines with Kestra's AI Co-pilot that generates workflows from plain English, exploring why governance is the digital sovereignty question most strategies ignore, demystifying Linux file permissions and chmod for beginners with practical examples, and seeing how Icinga monitors 40,000 servers without configuration chaos.
We're also discovering why AI accelerates software architecture but still needs human judgment as Avi Fernando joins us on the podcast to explain why automation speeds things up while critical thinking gets it right. This is edition #68 of the We ❤️ Open Source newsletter. Made and curated by Jason & Todd.🙂
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We’re live June 24 at Cisco's RTP campus
There is a lot of interest around the topic of our meetup next week, and it's one of special interest to our community - Running Agents Locally with Open Source: From Laptop to Kubernetes. The speaker, Legare Kerrison, a Developer Advocate at Red Hat, is fantastic and will deliver a ton of value to attendees. Seating is limited, so RSVP today to save your spot!
Articles
 | Tired of managing scattered scripts and manual infrastructure tasks? Learn Linux TV introduces Kestra, a self-hosted workflow orchestration platform that chains Ansible, Terraform, and custom scripts into automated pipelines. Over 1,200 plugins let you integrate with Proxmox, databases, email services, and more. WHY WE ❤️ IT: The AI Co-pilot generates complex Ansible workflows from plain English descriptions, automating server provisioning with zero custom scripting needed. |
 | Most digital sovereignty strategies stop at data residency. But if a single vendor governs the software handling that data, you've traded one dependency for another. OpenStack TC Chair Goutham Ravi makes the case for governance as sovereignty infrastructure. WHY WE ❤️ IT: Goutham runs the OpenStack Technical Committee and argues most digital sovereignty strategies are asking the wrong question. |
 | Confused by rwx notation and chmod commands? Don breaks down Linux file permissions for beginners, showing you how to read permission notation with ls -l and control file access using chmod. Learn the common permission patterns every Linux user should know. WHY WE ❤️ IT: Don was intimidated by permissions for years. Now he shows you the shortcuts to understanding them with practical examples, not theory. |
What's in your technology toolbox?
What does it take to monitor 40,000 servers across multiple data centers without configuration chaos? Blerim Sheqa walks through Icinga's rule-based engine, its built-in master/satellite clustering, and a Kubernetes module that flips the script from pull to push. A deep look at a monitoring stack built for scale.
WHY WE ❤️ IT: The rule-based config demo is the highlight. Write your monitoring logic once and Icinga applies it automatically every time a new host shows up.
From the We ❤️ Open Source Podcast
 | AI accelerates software architecture by helping teams create proofs of concept quickly, but you still need to babysit the process. Avindra Fernando shares why AI code review effectiveness depends on domain complexity, how to prepare for the AI future by experimenting with tools, and why attending events like All Things Open builds the community that solves problems together. WHY WE ❤️ IT: Avi's honest take cuts through the AI hype: Automation speeds things up, but human judgment and guidance still matter for getting architecture right. |
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Wrap Up
If you've made it this far (thank you!), check out everything we do, our YouTube channel with 1000's of open source talks, the many meetups we host around the southeast and NYC, the All Things AI spring event we co-host, and of course All Things Open, the largest open source tech conference on the US east coast.
We hope you learn something new this weekend!
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