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Operational Crises I Have Faced Running GitOps for Cloud…
The operational crises I keep running into when I manage cloud infrastructure with GitOps — and the patterns that have helped me avoid the worst of them.
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Feature Flags and Configuration Governance: Parameter Store and Audit
Treating configuration like a product: feature flags, parameter store, schema, approval flow, audit log, and rollback discipline.
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The Terraform Plan Mystery: Automation That Deletes the Wrong Resource
Take a deep look at Terraform plan's surprise resource deletions and the strategies for protecting your automation pipelines from these kinds of failures.
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From Monolithic Database to Microservice Hell: The Data Consistency…
Discover the data consistency problems you run into when migrating from a monolithic database to a microservice architecture, plus solutions, in this…
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Kubernetes Network Policies: Invisible Walls Between Pods
Learn how to secure network traffic between pods using Kubernetes Network Policies. A from-A-to-Z guide with detailed examples for Network…
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Database Provisioning Mistakes in the Cloud and How to Fix Them
A deep look at database provisioning mistakes I keep running into on cloud platforms, the symptoms they cause, and the fixes that actually hold up in…
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Concurrent Deployment Stress Testing on Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Why concurrent deployments matter on cloud-native platforms, and the role stress testing plays in keeping them from becoming incidents.
Life
Ghosts of Distributed Systems: The Team Stress of Intermittent Errors
An in-depth look at the nature of intermittent errors in distributed systems, the stress they place on teams, and strategies for dealing with these 'ghosts'...
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First Change in a Critical System: Between Fear and Automation
An exploration of the fear that comes with making the first change to a critical system and how automation makes the process easier.
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Unscalable Cloud Architecture: An Outage Story
A real outage story driven by unscalable cloud architecture, and the lessons we can take away from it.
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Leadership in Distributed Systems: Architectural Decisions in a Crisis
Discover the critical role of leadership in architectural decision-making during crises in distributed systems, plus the strategies that work.
Career
The Vendor Lock-in Nightmare: The Real Cost of Database Migration
A deep look at vendor lock-in risk in database choices, the visible and hidden costs of migration, and the strategies you can use to avoid these traps…
Career
Chaotic Recovery: The Human Touch When Automation Falls Silent
Explore the limits of automation and the indispensable role that the human touch, critical thinking, and empathy play in crisis management when systems…
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The Human Cost of Technical Debt: Battling Legacy Systems
Discover the challenges that technical debt and legacy systems bring, plus the human cost behind them. Save your career and your projects with practical…
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Retry Storms: Timeout Budget and Latency Amplification
In distributed systems, badly designed retries make outages worse. An approach to limiting damage with timeout budgets, retry budgets, and backpressure.
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Secure B2B File Flow with an Object Storage Dropzone
An approach to building secure B2B file exchange using an object storage dropzone, short-lived access, and audit trails — instead of an SFTP bottleneck.
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Outage Day in Cloud Architecture: A Real DNS Failover War Story
A real war story about an outage day in cloud architecture and why DNS failover strategies matter.
Life
Hidden Dependencies in Distributed Systems: Production Backfire…
An in-depth look, from Mustafa Erbay's perspective, at the production issues caused by hidden dependencies in distributed systems and the 'backfire battles'…
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The Shadows of Automation: Battling Unexpected Side Effects
The benefits of automation are undeniable, yet confronting its overlooked shadows and battling its unexpected side effects matter just as much…
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The Micro-Segmentation Trap: Unexpected Network Outages
A look at the security benefits of micro-segmentation, the unexpected network outages it triggers when applied incorrectly, the root causes, and how to fix…
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Origin Shield Issues in Cloud Native CDNs: A Cache Stampede Hunt
Learn about the cache stampede problems that Origin Shield can cause in Cloud Native CDNs, and how to solve them.
Career
Hidden Dependencies: Production Backfires and Architectural Lessons
How hidden dependencies in systems lead to unexpected production issues, and the architectural lessons we need to take away to reduce those risks…
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From Pager Burnout to System Resilience: An SRE Transformation Story
Discover the journey from the engineer's nightmare of Pager Burnout to amplified system resilience and sustainability through SRE principles.
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Certificate Expiry Nightmare: The Hidden Traps of Auto-Renewal
Explore the hidden traps and possible failure modes inside the auto-renewal process of certificates that are vital to digital security. Don't let your security…