Engineering notes
Notes from the work.
Practical writing on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Terraform and delivery — the decisions that come up repeatedly and how we think about them.
Terraform
September 2, 2026
8 min read
Terraform State Is the Part You Actually Have to Design
Most Terraform problems are not syntax problems. They are state layout problems that were never decided deliberately, and they surface as slow plans, risky applies and drift nobody wants to reconcile.
ReadKubernetes
August 19, 2026
9 min read
What to Check First in an EKS Cluster You Did Not Build
A practical order of investigation for taking over an unfamiliar Kubernetes environment — what to establish before touching anything, and which findings genuinely change what you do next.
ReadCI/CD
August 5, 2026
7 min read
CI/CD That Developers Do Not Have to Think About
Pipelines get judged on features, but what determines whether developers trust them is duration, consistency and how rollback behaves. Here is what to optimize and in what order.
ReadAI & Delivery
July 22, 2026
7 min read
Where AI Actually Helps in Infrastructure Work
An honest account of where AI tooling earns its place in cloud and platform engineering, where it does not, and why the distinction matters when production is involved.
ReadPlatform Strategy
July 8, 2026
6 min read
Hiring a DevOps Engineer vs. Outsourcing the Platform
A framework for deciding which one your company actually needs right now — including the cases where hiring is clearly the right answer and outsourcing is not.
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