Building a CI/CD Pipeline That Actually Holds Up
Stop shipping pipelines held together with duct tape. A practical playbook for CI/CD that teams trust on day one — and still trust six months later.
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8 articles on building and operating reliable systems.
Kubernetes Deployment Strategies: Rollouts That Don't Wake SRE
Recreate, rolling, blue-green, canary. How to pick the right Kubernetes deployment strategy — and what can go wrong with each one.
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Docker Images: From 1.2GB to Under 100MB Without Losing Sanity
Multi-stage builds, distroless bases, and layer hygiene. A practical guide to shrinking Docker images the right way.
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Terraform Environments Done Right: Workspaces Are a Trap
How to structure Terraform for multiple environments without copy-pasting modules or stepping on production state.
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Observability That Answers Questions, Not Dashboards
Dashboards are how you OBSERVE, not what you're building. Design observability around golden signals, SLOs, and concrete questions.
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GitOps on K8s: Argo CD in Production Without the Horror Stories
Git is the source of truth. Argo CD syncs reality to git. A field-tested setup — repos, apps, sync waves, and the gotchas.
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Linux Server Hardening: The 20% That Stops 80% of Attacks
Effective Linux hardening isn't a security checklist that makes the machine unusable. It's SSH config, patching, least privilege, and logging.
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Cloud Cost Optimization: Cut 30% by Asking Three Questions
Right-sizing, lifecycle, and reserved coverage. Cloud cost cuts don't come from dashboards — they come from three decisions made weekly.
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