— Journal / Issue 06

Field notes.

DevOps lessons, infrastructure tips, and the occasional rant about Kubernetes. Written in the margins between production incidents.

Entries

06

Most recent first

01

November 1, 2024

6 min read

Security AWS IAM

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

CI/CD DevOps Automation

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

High Availability Reliability Architecture

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

Terraform IaC DevOps

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 Monitoring Debugging

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 AWS Containers

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.