— Journal / Issue 06
Field notes.
DevOps lessons, infrastructure tips, and the occasional rant about Kubernetes. Written in the margins between production incidents.
Entries
06
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01
November 1, 2024
6 min read
Security Hardening: Practical Steps to Lock Down Your AWS Environment
Most breaches exploit basic misconfigurations. Here's how to harden your AWS environment with practical, high-impact security measures.
02
October 15, 2024
4 min read
Building Resilient CI/CD Pipelines: Lessons from Production
Discover proven patterns for building CI/CD pipelines that recover from failures, provide clear feedback, and enable fast, safe deployments.
03
September 22, 2024
4 min read
The Cost of Downtime: Why High Availability Matters
Downtime isn't just frustrating—it's expensive. Learn how to calculate the true cost and architect systems for 99.95%+ uptime.
04
August 10, 2024
6 min read
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform Best Practices for 2024
After managing Terraform codebases for teams of all sizes, here's what actually works for maintainable infrastructure as code.
05
July 18, 2024
5 min read
Observability 101: Metrics, Logs, and Traces That Actually Help
Good observability means you can ask questions about your system's behavior and get answers. Here's how to build that capability.
06
June 5, 2024
5 min read
Kubernetes vs ECS vs Fargate: Choosing the Right Container Platform
Kubernetes isn't always the answer. Here's how to choose the right container platform for your workload and team.