Engineering essays from the bench.
War stories, architecture decisions, and the occasional tirade. Written by the engineers who shipped it.
Microservices Architecture Patterns for Scalable Systems
Essential microservices patterns: API gateway, saga, CQRS, service mesh, and event-driven architecture for distributed systems.
Cloud Migration Strategies: Lift-and-Shift vs Re-Architecture
The 6 Rs of cloud migration (rehost, replatform, refactor, repurchase, retain, retire) and how to pick one per workload.
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.
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.
Disaster Recovery in the Cloud: Building Resilient Infrastructure
Cloud DR across four tiers (backup-restore, pilot light, warm standby, multi-site active) with RTO and RPO guidance.
Applying the AWS Well-Architected Framework to Your Workloads
Audit your architecture with the six AWS Well-Architected pillars, from operational excellence and security to cost and sustainability.
Observability in Production: Logs, Metrics, and Traces Done Right
A production observability stack: structured logging, meaningful metrics, distributed tracing, and alerting that people act on.
