Muralidhar M Pala
Ex-IAF combatant turned Linux sysadmin. 33 yrs across skies & servers. Stroke survivor. MS in US. Rebuilding with a VM lab, ShellGPT, and a second chance that I don’t take lightly.
Education
MIS Grad (USA) | RHCE | Learned more from logs and man pages than classrooms
Pronouns
ShellGPT + CLAD explorer. Planning Linux drops, recovering strong (He/Him)
Work
Freelancer | Linux Sysadmin | UHRS Microtasker | Content Creator| AI Hobbyist
Badges
Writing Debut
Awarded for writing and sharing your first DEV post! Continue sharing your work to earn the 4 Week Writing Streak Badge.
Skills/Languages
Linux (RHEL, Debian), Bash, Python, Perl,Ansible, Terraform, VMware, Apache, ShellGPT, CLAD, LVM, Ceph, AWS. 33 years across sysadmin, infra, cloud. Deep roots, wide branches
Currently learning
Learning ShellGPT, Red Hat CLAD, prompt engineering, Ansible, cybersecurity with AI, and exploring LLMs for Linux sysadmin workflows.
Currently hacking on
Writing a ShellGPT series on Medium, testing Red Hat’s CLAD, exploring cybersecurity use cases, building a new weekly DevOps series, and brainstorming an LLM-powered Linux assistant.
Available for
Happy to connect on Linux sysadmin work, AI-powered tools, prompt engineering, ShellGPT, CLAD, or surviving the trenches of tech. Always up for real tech talk.