DevOps
TCO in Cloud Computing: How to Calculate Total Cost of Ownership
How to calculate total cost of ownership for cloud computing from an architect who's done it wrong and learned the hard way. Real costs, hidden costs, and how to compare.
Cost Optimization
Cloud Architecture
EKS vs GKE vs AKS: An Honest Comparison of Managed Kubernetes Platforms for Production
A hands-on comparison of AWS EKS, Google GKE, and Azure AKS covering control plane architecture, networking, cost models, AI workloads, and a practical framework for choosing the right managed Kubernetes platform.
DevOps
Observability Pipelines: OpenTelemetry Collector, Cribl, and Taming the Telemetry Data Flood Before It Bankrupts You
How to build observability pipelines with the OpenTelemetry Collector, Cribl, and Vector to cut telemetry costs 60-80% without losing diagnostic visibility.
Cloud Architecture
Kubernetes Cost Visibility: OpenCost, Kubecost, and How to Actually Know Where Your Cloud Bill Goes
A practical guide to Kubernetes cost attribution using OpenCost and Kubecost. Learn how to implement showback and chargeback, right-size workloads, and stop overpaying for compute you are not using.
Cloud Architecture
Cloud Egress Costs: The Hidden Tax in Your Architecture and How to Design Your Way Out
Cloud egress fees silently drain budgets because most engineers model compute and storage costs but ignore data movement. Here is how the pricing actually works, which architectural patterns create the worst bills, and how to engineer your way to a dramatically lower number.
Cloud Architecture
Spot Instances and Preemptible VMs: How to Cut Cloud Compute Costs by 70-90% Without Getting Burned
A principal cloud architect's guide to AWS Spot, GCP Spot VMs, and Azure Spot: how the spot market works, interruption handling patterns, instance diversity strategies, and which workloads actually belong on interruptible compute.
DevOps
Karpenter: The Node Provisioner That Finally Makes Kubernetes Autoscaling Worth It
Karpenter replaces the Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler with a faster, smarter node provisioner that cuts costs and response time. Here's how it works and why it matters.
Cloud Architecture
Serverless Containers vs Kubernetes: Cloud Run, AWS Fargate, and Azure Container Apps and When Each Is the Right Call
The honest guide to choosing between managed container platforms and Kubernetes: when Cloud Run, Fargate, and Container Apps save you real money and headaches, and when you actually need the real thing.
Cloud Architecture
What is FinOps? Cloud Cost Optimization Explained for Engineers
A practitioner's guide to FinOps: how engineering teams can take control of cloud costs without sacrificing velocity or innovation.
Cloud Architecture
ARM in the Cloud: AWS Graviton, Ampere Altra, and Why CPU Architecture Actually Matters Now
ARM-based cloud instances are delivering 40-60% better price-performance than x86 equivalents. Here's how AWS Graviton and Ampere Altra work, what workloads benefit most, and how to migrate.