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I write about DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and AI security. Longer case studies are below, shorter posts live on dev.to and Medium.
Engineering case studies
Platform Engineering: Building Developer Self-ServiceOct 2024 · 10 min read · Building an internal developer platform with Backstage, Terraform modules, and Argo CD for self-service provisioning, golden paths, and DORA metrics tracking.
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AWS Cost Optimisation: Cutting Cloud Spend by ~20%Jul 2024 · 8 min read · FinOps strategies for reducing AWS cloud spend by ~20% through right-sizing, Savings Plans, Karpenter on EKS, and automated cost governance.
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Building an Observability Stack for Live Sports TelemetryMay 2024 · 10 min read · How Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Tempo deliver sub-second observability for live sports data pipelines on Kubernetes.
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Building Zero-Downtime CI/CD Pipelines at ScaleMar 2024 · 11 min read · From manual deployments to fully automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo Rollouts, and comprehensive security gates.
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Scaling a Phonebook Platform on KubernetesJan 2024 · 8 min read · How a phonebook application evolved from a monolith to Kubernetes microservices with GitOps, observability, and automated deployments.
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GitOps Delivery with Argo CD and GitHub ActionsNov 2023 · 9 min read · Implementing GitOps delivery pipelines with Argo CD, GitHub Actions, Kustomize overlays, and Cosign image signing for secure, declarative Kubernetes deployments.
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Terraforming a Multi-Account AWS Landing ZoneSep 2023 · 12 min read · Designing a multi-account AWS landing zone with Terraform, Control Tower, Transit Gateway, and policy-as-code guardrails for enterprise-scale cloud governance.
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