Open to projects

I keep things running
so you can sleep at night.

20 years of telling computers what to do (and watching them not listen). SRE, infrastructure nerd, occasional blogger. I automate everything, break some of it, and write about both. Based in Honduras, deployed globally.

20 years mass-producing YAML
caffeine-to-uptime converter
if it can be automated, it will be
Lester Barahona

What I actually do

I design cloud infrastructure, build deployment pipelines, and make sure things stay up. AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, the usual suspects. I've spent the last decade automating myself out of boring work and into more interesting problems. Sometimes I write about it.

Companies I've Worked With

Latest Articles

Thoughts on SRE, DevOps, automation, and building reliable systems

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Career January 29, 2026 · 5 min read

20 Years in Tech: From Developer to SRE

After 20 years in tech. 8 as a developer, 12 in SRE/DevOps. Here are the lessons that shaped how I build and operate systems today.

I write sometimes.

Mostly about infrastructure, automation, and the things that keep me up at night (besides my dogs). No spam, no "growth hacking" garbage. Just posts when I have something worth saying.