Posts
Articles and field notes on DevOps practice, platform engineering, reliability, security, automation, and technical decision-making.
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ECS vs EKS: What Problem Do You Want to Operate
A practical comparison from production: upgrades, cronjobs, permissions, AWS limits, and the real cost of keeping a platform alive.
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The Right Tool for the Work Around the Work
A reflection on using AI to pay down the technical debt around this blog, and why better tools need better questions.
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The Quiet Work Between Posts
A few notes after a long pause from writing, and the kind of work that slowly changes how we see systems.
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When “it works fine” becomes legacy
Why stability without evolution becomes dangerous.
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Reducing Credential Risk Without Breaking DX
Eliminating static RDS credentials with IAM authentication — lower risk, minimal developer friction.
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DevOps Started When Production Failed
One day, production failed. There were no clear answers, and the problem became more than a technical one: it became operational. How to build systems that can fail without breaking you in the process?
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DevOps in Practice
What DevOps looks like when you stop chasing theory and start fixing the pain points that hurt production.
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Where the Real Impact Is (and Where It Isn’t)
A short reflection on perfectionism, real impact, and what launching this blog reminded me about building systems.