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Notes from building and running Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps and observability setups on AWS: what I did, what broke, and how I fixed it.
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Kubernetes Production Handbook · Part 4
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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.
14 May 202510 min read
Production EKS on AWS · Part 3
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Deploying and Scaling Applications on Amazon EKS
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.
20 Jan 20257 min read