Blog · 76 essays

Engineering essays from the bench.

War stories, architecture decisions, and the occasional tirade. Written by the engineers who shipped it.

2024.09.05

Building Robust CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub Actions

Learn how to build production-grade CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, covering workflow design, testing automation, deployment strategies, and security best practices.

2024.08.29

Edge AI: Running ML Models on IoT Devices

Learn how to deploy machine learning models on edge and IoT devices, covering model optimization, hardware selection, frameworks like TensorFlow Lite, and real-world use cases.

2024.08.15

Cloud Migration Strategies: Lift-and-Shift vs Re-Architecture

Compare the 6 Rs of cloud migration - rehost, replatform, refactor, repurchase, retain, and retire - to find the right migration strategy for each workload.

2024.08.01

Ransomware Prevention: A Comprehensive Defense Strategy

Build a multi-layered ransomware defense strategy covering prevention, detection, backup resilience, and incident response to protect your organization from attacks.

2024.07.18

Testing Strategies for Modern Web Applications

A comprehensive guide to testing modern web applications, covering unit testing, component testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing with practical patterns and tooling advice.

2024.07.04

The Startup Infrastructure Checklist: From Zero to Production

A comprehensive checklist covering everything a startup needs to go from an empty repository to a production-ready application with CI/CD, monitoring, and security.

2024.06.20

Serverless Architecture Patterns for Event-Driven Applications

Learn proven serverless architecture patterns for building event-driven applications using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, and EventBridge.

2024.06.06

Progressive Web Apps: Building Offline-First Experiences

Learn how to build progressive web apps with offline-first architecture, service workers, caching strategies, push notifications, and installability for native-like web experiences.

2024.05.23

Engineering Metrics That Matter: Measuring What Counts

Learn which engineering metrics actually predict team performance, how to measure them without creating perverse incentives, and how to use data to improve your team.

2024.05.09

GitOps: Modern Deployment Strategies with ArgoCD and Flux

Implement GitOps deployment workflows using ArgoCD and Flux to achieve declarative, auditable, and automated infrastructure and application delivery.