About
Hi, I'm Mihail Fedorov — most people call me Kolo. I've been doing DevOps and infrastructure for over 20 years, which is long enough to remember when we called it "sysadmin" and nobody had opinions about YAML.
I build and break things across networking, automation, and cloud infrastructure. I run my own autonomous system (AS26954), tinker with IoT devices that probably shouldn't be connected to the internet, and share a home with two cats — a Scottish Fold and a British Shorthair. Bachelor's in CS, certified in various things, ordained minister of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Based in Israel, working as an independent DevOps consultant. Previously led infrastructure at SmartFi, advised on Komodo Platform's notary network, and have been everything from security specialist to CTO along the way. Full CV is available here.
Reverse roadmap
How I think about it
Infrastructure should be boring. If you're thinking about it, something went wrong.
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
Is the one who founds his building on righteousness better, or the one who founds his building on the edge of a crumbling cliff?
Things I work with
Beyond the terminal
When not wrangling infrastructure: microcontrollers, vintage hardware repair, solving puzzles, collectible things, food tourism, and an unexplainable fondness for unicorns.
My first homepage went live in 2002. Twelve rewrites later, not a single line of the original code survives — a proper ship of Theseus. So I keep the 88x31 button, the spinning skull, and the Garfield strip to prove it's still the same site.
