Engineering essays from the bench.
War stories, architecture decisions, and the occasional tirade. Written by the engineers who shipped it.
Cloud IAM Best Practices Across AWS, Azure and GCP (2026 Guide)
How to integrate and manage IAM across AWS, Azure and GCP: one identity provider, least privilege as code, workload identity, and multi-cloud governance, from engineers who run it in production.
Platform Engineering: Internal Developer Platforms That Get Adopted
Building internal developer platforms: golden paths, self-service infrastructure, Backstage, Crossplane, and how to measure platform success.
Kubernetes vs Serverless: Choosing the Right Compute Strategy
Kubernetes vs serverless compared on cost, scalability, and operational overhead, with guidance on picking the right compute for each workload.
Docker and Containerization: The Complete Production Guide
Master Docker for production with best practices for Dockerfiles, multi-stage builds, image security, container networking, and orchestration decisions.
FinOps: Mastering Cloud Financial Management
FinOps in practice: the inform-optimize-operate lifecycle, tagging strategies, reserved capacity, anomaly detection, and cost culture.
Scaling Startups on AWS: A Cost-Conscious Architecture Guide
How to build a cloud architecture on AWS that starts lean and scales gracefully, without burning through your runway.
Service Mesh with Istio: Traffic, Security and Observability
Istio service mesh in practice: architecture, traffic management, mTLS, observability with Kiali and Jaeger, and its performance cost.
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform: A Production Guide
Structure Terraform for production: safe state management, reusable modules, and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure changes.
Multi-Cloud Strategy: When It Makes Sense and How to Do It Right
When multi-cloud delivers real value versus needless complexity, plus patterns for running workloads across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Cloud Cost Optimization: 10 Strategies That Actually Work
Reduce your cloud bill with 10 proven cost optimization strategies covering reserved instances, right-sizing, autoscaling, storage tiering, and more.
