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Real-world DevOps lessons, infrastructure tips, and the occasional rant about Kubernetes.

Security Hardening: Practical Steps to Lock Down Your AWS Environment
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.

Security AWS IAM Compliance
Building Resilient CI/CD Pipelines: Lessons from Production
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.

CI/CD DevOps Automation
The Cost of Downtime: Why High Availability Matters
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.

High Availability Reliability Architecture
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform Best Practices for 2024
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.

Terraform IaC DevOps AWS
Observability 101: Metrics, Logs, and Traces That Actually Help
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.

Observability Monitoring Debugging
Kubernetes vs ECS vs Fargate: Choosing the Right Container Platform
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.

Kubernetes AWS Containers ECS