A Day in the Life of a DevOps Engineer: How a Simple S3 Upload Took Down a Chatbot
In DevOps, the big outages rarely come from big failures. They come from the tiny things—small enough to slip past everyone’s radar, big enough…
Field notes
What I’m learning while building AI products.
Practical notes on AI products, CTO decisions, and the platforms that keep them reliable.
10 Security Quick Wins for Startups (No Security Team Required)
10 security fixes taking 1-2 hours each that eliminate 80% of attack vectors. No security team required.
7 Ways Your CI/CD Pipeline is Wasting Money
Most teams waste £200+/month on CI/CD inefficiency. Here are the 7 most common sources of waste and how to fix them.
When Should You Invest in DevOps? (Revenue-Based Decision Framework)
Exact guidance on when to invest in infrastructure based on ARR. From £0 to £10M+, what you need at each stage.
The 10-Minute Infrastructure Scaling Health Check
Quick checklist to assess if your infrastructure is ready to scale from £1M to £10M ARR. Each "No" is a scaling bottleneck.
Why Your Deployments Take 45 Minutes (And How to Fix It)
6 deployment bottlenecks slowing your team down. Reduce deployment time from 71 minutes to 17 minutes with these optimizations.
5 Kubernetes Mistakes That Cost You £3,000+/Month
The most expensive K8s misconfigurations we see in every audit, and exactly how to fix them. Save £10k+/year.
We Cut AWS Costs 38% in 2 Weeks – Here’s the Exact Process
Real case study: How we reduced a SaaS company's AWS bill from £8,400/month to £5,200/month. Complete breakdown of every optimization.
Simple Model Choice Checklist
A practical, no-nonsense guide to choosing the right AI/ML model for your problem. Start simple, upgrade only when needed.
Is It Crazy to Have a Physical Disaster Recovery Manual? NASA Doesn’t Think So.
Every once in a while, I catch myself thinking about something that sounds borderline insane in the modern DevOps world.This week’s thought was this:…
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