From DevOps to AI: My Journey Balancing Innovation and Scalability

From DevOps to AI: My Journey Balancing Innovation and ScalabilityFrom DevOps to AI: My Journey Balancing Innovation and Scalability

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Hau Truong Cong

• 8h

After years working full-time as a DevOps engineer, most of my world revolved around things like AWS, CI/CD, infrastructure, scaling… the “traditional” path. ⚙️

Then suddenly — the AI wave hit. 🤖

At first, like many traditional developers, I was a bit skeptical. I looked at AI with caution. Curious, but not fully convinced. 👀

But after trying it… I have to admit — I was impressed. 🚀

I’m not a very creative person. UX/UI was never my strength. Frontend used to take me hours just to fine-tune small details.

Now?

✨ AI handles the UI ✨ AI writes the frontend ✨ AI even helps deploy

Ideas that used to take weeks… now take hours. ⏳ From idea → MVP in just a few days. ⚡

Everything started to feel… almost too easy.

So I shifted my focus: → finding ideas 💡 → doing marketing 📈 → shipping fast 🚢

And then it happened.

One of my MVPs suddenly got traction. 📊 Traffic increased. Users started coming in. Clients began reaching out.

For a moment, it felt like everything was working. 🎉

Until it wasn’t.

First came the complaints: “App is slow…” 🐢 “Why is this taking so long to load?”

Then came something worse: A surprisingly large bill. 💸

That’s when it hit me.

Platforms like Vercel, Supabase… They are incredible for MVPs. 🔥

But building something that works for a few users is very different from building something that lasts.

At some point, you stop shipping features… and start dealing with systems. 🧠

And that’s a completely different game.

Vercel Supabase AWS

SHUBH PATHAK ✧

• Apr 5

THE LOOP — Cinematic Short Film

A psychological short film exploring repetition and reality, created entirely inside CapCut Video Studio using AI storytelling, editing, sound design, and cinematic color grading.

Open to cinematic editing and storytelling projects.

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Istiak Ahmed Khan

• 19h

great work 👌

sana. stdio

• Apr 5

What happens when everything becomes perfect?

For the CapCut Video Studio Challenge, I created a short film exploring a future where emotion was lost in the name of progress.

PLAY is set in 2050, where humans stopped feeling. Everything works. Everything is quiet.

Until something breaks.

Built entirely in CapCut Video Studio using AI-generated scenes, voice, and sound.

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Daria Ageeva

• Apr 6

How did you manage to keep the character ( and environment) consistent in CupCut please? I did everything as per instruction, it barely "made it" till the end to not completely transform the character and surroundings kept changing regardless of the prompts I was using.