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Incident NotesJul 8, 2026

Docker Hub Took Down Our Production AKS Cluster

A routine node rotation hit the Docker Hub rate limit and stuck every pod in ContainerCreating. Here's the fix.

Cost OptimizationJul 24, 2026

We Were Pulling the Same Docker Image 30 Times a Day

Mirroring CI base images into ACR cut our NAT gateway bill, sped up builds, and killed the Docker Hub rate limit risk.

Tool SpotlightJun 21, 2026

One CLI for Terraform, Docker, and Helm

Why we built Smurf to collapse build, plan, and deploy into a single workflow.

Build NotesJun 21, 2026

Beating Docker Hub rate limits with SyncerD

Mirroring images into ECR, ACR, and GCR to keep pipelines fast and cut cost.

Practitioner NotesJun 21, 2026

What 200+ Terraform modules taught us about reuse

Lessons from maintaining a large open-source module library.

Cost PlaybookJun 24, 2026

Why your Kubernetes cluster wastes 40% of its budget

The four leaks behind most cluster waste, and how to close them in weeks.

Comparison GuideJun 24, 2026

EKS vs GKE vs AKS in 2026

Pricing, autoscaling, networking, and ecosystem, compared to help you choose.

Comparison GuideJun 24, 2026

ArgoCD vs Flux in 2026

Both are production-ready. How to pick based on team, tenancy, and UI.

Cost PlaybookJun 24, 2026

GPU cost optimization on AWS

A working playbook to cut GPU spend 40 to 60% without hurting performance.

Compliance GuideJun 24, 2026

SOC 2 readiness: the engineering checklist

From "basically compliant" to audit-ready, scope, controls, and a roadmap.

Industry GuideJun 24, 2026

DevOps for healthcare: what HIPAA means

The six infrastructure decisions that determine HIPAA compliance.

Buyer's GuideJul 15, 2026

Best DevOps consulting companies in Canada

10 real Canadian DevOps and cloud firms, including us, compared honestly.

Deployment GuideJul 17, 2026

Blue/green deployments on EKS

Rolling updates are not blue/green. Three real ways to build it, and the rollback plan that works.

Industry NewsJul 17, 2026

AWS Summit NYC 2026: the DevOps highlights

What actually changes for cloud infrastructure and DevOps, skipping the agentic-AI hype.

Compliance GuideJul 27, 2026

SOC 2 vs HIPAA vs PCI DSS

They get lumped together constantly, but they test completely different things.

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