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The CTO DevOps Handbook: Simple Principles and Examples
Simple DevOps principles and examples for CTOs guiding software delivery.
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Field notes from taking companies to the frontier of DevOps engineering: tutorials, postmortems, and the practices behind them.
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Azure DevOps vs GitHub: Which to Use and How to Migrate (2026)
Azure DevOps vs GitHub service by service: October 2026 pricing, security add-ons, hybrid setups and what migration tools move.
SRE vs DevOps: Key Differences and Which Your Startup Needs
SRE vs DevOps explained: goals, metrics, responsibilities, skills and salaries, plus which one a startup needs at each stage.
Azure DevOps vs Jira: Features, Pricing and Which to Pick (2026)
Azure Boards vs Jira compared on features, October 2026 pricing, integration and migration, plus which to pick by team type.
ECS vs EKS: Costs, Trade-offs and Which to Choose
ECS vs EKS compared on cost, Fargate, upgrades, Auto Mode and Express Mode, with a decision checklist for startups.
Cloud Credits for Startups: AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Compared (2026)
AWS Activate, Microsoft for Startups and Google Cloud credits compared: amounts, eligibility, expiry, how to apply and how to make them last.
How to Choose a DevOps Consulting Service
Compare DevOps consulting firms on the engineers, pricing model, handoff, and a paid pilot before you sign.
Cluster Autoscaler vs Karpenter: Node Autoscaling Without Cost Surprises
Cluster Autoscaler vs Karpenter compared, with NodePool limits, consolidation, Spot and the guardrails that stop cost spikes.
Argo Rollouts: Canary and Blue-Green Deployments Guide
Install Argo Rollouts and run canary and blue-green releases with Prometheus analysis, Helm, HPA and rollback.
How to Configure Kubernetes PriorityClasses Without Starving Workloads
Configure Kubernetes scheduling priority while preserving capacity for lower-priority workloads.
Resize a Kubernetes PVC Without Downtime (StatefulSets Included)
Expand a Kubernetes PersistentVolumeClaim online, resize StatefulSet volumes, and fix FileSystemResizePending.
Kubernetes Jobs: Run One-Off Tasks and Clean Up Pods Automatically
Run one-off Kubernetes Jobs safely with backoffLimit, activeDeadlineSeconds and ttlSecondsAfterFinished cleanup.
Heroku to AWS Migration: Step-by-Step Plan and Costs
When to leave Heroku, which AWS target to pick, real costs, moving Postgres to RDS, and a cutover runbook.
Terraform Project Structure: 3 Layouts That Scale
Directory layouts, state splitting, environments and CI for Terraform that grows from 1 to 50 engineers.
Kubernetes Requests and Limits: Set CPU and Memory Right
How to size Kubernetes CPU and memory requests and limits from real metrics, without throttling or OOMKills.
kubectl drain node: How to Safely Drain Kubernetes Nodes
How to drain a Kubernetes node without downtime: the exact kubectl drain flags, PDBs, StatefulSets and uncordon.
AWS DevOps Consulting: What to Expect in the First 90 Days
What a good AWS DevOps consultant delivers: landing zone, IaC, EKS or ECS, CI/CD, cost, and a 90-day plan.
Kubernetes HPA: How It Works and How to Stop Flapping
The HPA formula, behavior YAML, custom metrics, KEDA, and fixes for scaling flaps and unknown targets.
Kubernetes Taints and Tolerations: Examples and Fixes
How Kubernetes taints and tolerations work, the three effects, and how to fix the had untolerated taint scheduling error.
Liveness vs Readiness Probe: Kubernetes Config That Avoids Restart Loops
Liveness, readiness and startup probes compared, with safe thresholds and fixes for every common probe error message.
How to Choose a Staff Augmentation Company: A CTO's Guide
Questions to ask, red flags, pricing models, contract terms and a scorecard for hiring engineers you trust.
Managed Kubernetes: EKS vs GKE vs AKS for Production
Control plane fees, upgrades, autoscaling and real costs of EKS, GKE and AKS, plus when to skip Kubernetes.
How to Reduce Cloud Costs Without Slowing Engineering
A 90-day playbook to cut AWS and Kubernetes spend with guardrails that never block delivery.
On-Call Rotation: How to Design a Schedule for Small Teams
Rotation types, team-size math, escalation rules and a schedule template for small engineering teams.
Kubernetes Migration Strategy: A Phased Plan for Production Workloads
A phased Kubernetes migration plan: workload inventory, pilot, migration waves, readiness checklist and rollback.
Observability Stack for Startups: What to Run at 5, 20 and 100 Engineers
What observability a startup needs at each stage, with real Grafana Cloud vs Datadog vs self-hosted costs.
Azure Pipelines: A Production-Ready YAML Guide
Multi-stage YAML, approvals, secretless service connections, templates, caching and rollback, with fixes.
DevOps as a Service: What It Is, Costs, and When to Use It
What DevOps as a Service includes, how providers price it, and when it beats hiring an in-house DevOps team.
Azure DevOps (ADO) for Startups: Setup, Pricing and Best Practices
What ADO is, what it costs, and a lean Azure DevOps setup: permissions, service connections, secrets and pipelines.
Azure DevOps vs GitLab (2026): Features, Pricing and Which to Pick
Azure DevOps vs GitLab compared on features, real per-seat pricing, runners, approvals and cloud fit for startups.
DevOps Tools: The 2026 Stack by Category for Startups
Every DevOps tool category, what to run at 5, 20 and 100 engineers, and what to skip until you need it.
How to Handle Alert Fatigue
Reduce noisy alerts with cleanup, grouping, suppression, and Prometheus Alertmanager workflows.
GitOps Benefits, Challenges, and When to Use It
The real benefits and costs of GitOps, when it is not worth it, Argo CD vs Flux, and a worked example.
Practical Tips for Kubernetes Upgrades for Startups
Kubernetes upgrade tips for startups: a pre-upgrade checklist, EKS vs GKE vs AKS support, and FAQs.
Terraform Kubernetes Provider: Deployment Guide and Examples
Copy-paste HCL for kubernetes_deployment_v1, manifests from YAML, Helm, and when to hand off to GitOps.
Deploy AWS Resources and Apps using Crossplane on Kubernetes
Install Crossplane, create an S3 bucket, then deploy an app and its AWS resource as one unit.
How to Build a DevOps Team
Define DevOps roles, team shape by stage, strategy, and management practices, plus when to hire or outsource.
Deploy Apache Airflow on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Deploy Apache Airflow on AWS EKS with the official Helm chart, plus production tips for Airflow 3.x.
Terraform Starter Boilerplate for GCP using Terragrunt
Standardize GCP infrastructure provisioning with a practical Terragrunt boilerplate.
DevOps Agency vs. DevOps Consultancy vs. DevOps Services Company
Choose the DevOps partner model that matches your delivery needs.
One-Click Environment: The Ultimate DevOps Goal
Automated environment provisioning accelerates delivery, quality, and recovery.
Calculating your Company's Required DevOps Capacity
Estimate DevOps staffing needs from delivery scale, system complexity, and automation leverage.
4 Ways to Increase Your Income as a DevOps Engineer
Improve DevOps compensation by focusing on measurable business value.