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Hands-on articles about Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, observability, and cloud infrastructure — based on things I've actually built and broken in production.
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Init Containers and Sidecar Containers — What They Are and When to Actually Use Them
Init containers and sidecars solve two very different problems — one handles setup before your app starts, the other runs alongside it permanently. This article explains when each one makes sense, with real examples you can follow.
FeaturedKubernetes Network Policies — Locking Down Pod-to-Pod Traffic
By default, every pod in Kubernetes can talk to every other pod. This article covers how to implement Network Policies to restrict traffic so that only the communication that needs to happen actually can — with real working examples.
FeaturedGitOps with Argo CD: A Practical Kubernetes Guide
Git becomes your deployment interface. With Argo CD, every change goes through a pull request, every rollback is a git revert, and the cluster continuously reconciles toward what Git says it should be.
EKS Platform Engineering — Deploying and Scaling Applications on Kubernetes
The cluster is running. Now we put it to work. The decisions behind packaging with Helm, scaling with HPA, routing through an ALB, and keeping secrets out of Git.
FeaturedGitHub Actions CI/CD Pipeline to Kubernetes — From Code Push to Live Deployment
A complete end-to-end CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions — linting, testing, building a Docker image, pushing to ECR, and deploying to Kubernetes automatically on every merge to main. Full working configuration included.
Kubernetes Debugging: The Commands I Actually Use When Things Break
A practical debugging guide based on real incidents — how to systematically diagnose pod crashes, scheduling failures, networking issues, and performance problems using kubectl. With actual commands and what to look for in the output.