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Deep dives on Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and platform engineering. Written by engineers who do this every day.
EC2 vs ECS vs EKS: Which Is Cheapest?
A real cost breakdown of AWS EC2, ECS, and EKS — compute, control plane, tooling, and engineering overhead. Which is actually cheapest depends on your team size and workload.
How to Host a Startup Website on S3 + CloudFront
A complete guide to hosting a static website on AWS S3 and CloudFront — HTTPS, custom domain, www redirect, cache invalidation, and GitHub Actions CI/CD. Sub-$5/month, fully on AWS.
How to Build a Production CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions
A comprehensive guide to building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions — including OIDC authentication, multi-environment deployments, and progressive delivery with Argo Rollouts.
Terraform on AWS: A Production-Ready Architecture Guide
How to structure Terraform modules, manage remote state with S3 + DynamoDB, and build reusable infrastructure patterns that scale across teams.
GitOps with GitHub Actions + ArgoCD: End-to-End Walkthrough
Build a complete GitOps deployment workflow: GitHub Actions builds and pushes to ECR, ArgoCD syncs to EKS. With canary releases and automatic rollback.
Kubernetes Autoscaling with Karpenter: Cut Your AWS Bill in Half
Replace Cluster Autoscaler with Karpenter for faster, smarter node provisioning. Real-world configuration with spot instances, weighted node pools, and cost analysis.
Understanding Terraform and Terragrunt
What Terragrunt actually solves, when you need it, and how to structure multi-environment AWS infrastructure without copy-pasting Terraform code across every environment.
Terraform vs CloudFormation in 2026: An Engineer's Perspective
A pragmatic comparison of Terraform and CloudFormation for AWS infrastructure — when to use each, and why most teams should default to Terraform.
Terraform on Azure: AKS, Key Vault, and Production-Ready Infrastructure
How to build production Azure infrastructure with Terraform — AKS clusters, Azure Key Vault, Virtual Networks, managed identities, and a remote state backend.
Secrets Management in Kubernetes with HashiCorp Vault
How to integrate HashiCorp Vault with Kubernetes for dynamic secrets, automatic rotation, and zero-plaintext credentials in pods — using the Vault Agent and the Secrets Store CSI driver.
Build vs Buy vs Outsource: When to Hire a DevOps Engineer
A practical framework for engineering leaders deciding between building an internal DevOps team, purchasing managed tooling, or outsourcing infrastructure work to a specialist.
Signs Your Infrastructure Is Slowing Down Your Engineering Team
How to identify when infrastructure debt is becoming a product velocity problem — and the concrete steps to address it before it costs you engineering talent and shipping speed.
Helm Chart Best Practices: Structuring Deployments for Production
How to write Helm charts that scale across teams and environments — templating patterns, values hierarchy, secret management, versioning, and common pitfalls to avoid.
AWS vs Azure in 2026: Which Should Your Startup Pick?
A pragmatic comparison of AWS and Azure for engineering teams choosing a cloud platform — services, pricing, ecosystem, support, and the real-world decision factors that actually matter.
How to Migrate from On-Premise to AWS Without Downtime
A phased approach to migrating workloads from on-premise servers to AWS — with zero customer-facing downtime using database replication, DNS cutover, and rollback planning.
Prometheus + Grafana + Loki on Kubernetes: The Complete Observability Stack
A practical guide to deploying full-stack observability on Kubernetes — metrics with Prometheus, dashboards with Grafana, and logs with Loki. SLO-driven alerting included.