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Practical writing on infrastructure, platform engineering, reliability, and the tools we build along the way.
SOC 2 vs HIPAA vs PCI DSS: which framework applies to you
They get lumped together constantly, but they test completely different things. Here's what actually triggers each one.
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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.
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.
One CLI for Terraform, Docker, and Helm
Why we built Smurf to collapse build, plan, and deploy into a single workflow.
Beating Docker Hub rate limits with SyncerD
Mirroring images into ECR, ACR, and GCR to keep pipelines fast and cut cost.
What 200+ Terraform modules taught us about reuse
Lessons from maintaining a large open-source module library.
Why your Kubernetes cluster wastes 40% of its budget
The four leaks behind most cluster waste, and how to close them in weeks.
EKS vs GKE vs AKS in 2026
Pricing, autoscaling, networking, and ecosystem, compared to help you choose.
ArgoCD vs Flux in 2026
Both are production-ready. How to pick based on team, tenancy, and UI.
GPU cost optimization on AWS
A working playbook to cut GPU spend 40 to 60% without hurting performance.
SOC 2 readiness: the engineering checklist
From "basically compliant" to audit-ready, scope, controls, and a roadmap.
DevOps for healthcare: what HIPAA means
The six infrastructure decisions that determine HIPAA compliance.
Best DevOps consulting companies in Canada
10 real Canadian DevOps and cloud firms, including us, compared honestly.
Blue/green deployments on EKS
Rolling updates are not blue/green. Three real ways to build it, and the rollback plan that works.
AWS Summit NYC 2026: the DevOps highlights
What actually changes for cloud infrastructure and DevOps, skipping the agentic-AI hype.
SOC 2 vs HIPAA vs PCI DSS
They get lumped together constantly, but they test completely different things.
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