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31 articles tagged #DevOps.
P.01The 'DevOps engineer' title now covers three distinct jobs: platform engineer, SRE, and CI/CD specialist. Here's what each role actually does, what to screen for, and what the market pays.
P.02A practical guide to setting up metrics collection with Prometheus and visualization with Grafana for backend services — what to instrument, what to skip, and what the dashboards should actually show.
P.03Dev Containers let you define your entire development environment in a JSON file. New team members are productive in minutes, not days. Here's how to set them up properly.
P.04Vulnerability scanning catches known CVEs in your base images and dependencies before they reach production. Here's how to set up Trivy and Snyk, understand their output, and act on what they find.
P.05A bloated Docker image costs you in pull times, storage fees, and attack surface. Here's how to build images that are small, fast to rebuild, and genuinely production-ready.
P.06The fear of vendor lock-in leads to over-engineering. Here's a practical framework for deciding when to abstract cloud dependencies and when accepting lock-in is the right call.
P.07Vercel dominates frontend hosting. AWS dominates enterprise infrastructure. Between those two extremes, Fly.io and Railway are the most practical choices for backend-heavy full-stack apps in 2026.
P.08Git worktrees let you have multiple branches checked out simultaneously in separate directories. No stashing, no context switching, no 'just a second while I save my work.'
P.09Blue-green and canary deployments give you a way to release software without taking down your service or discovering a bug when it's already affecting everyone. Here's how they work and when to use each.
P.10Standardized commit messages unlock automatic changelogs, version bumps, and release notes. Here's the full setup — from writing commits to shipping releases without manual steps.
P.11eBPF lets you attach programs to any kernel hook — network packets, system calls, function calls — without patching the kernel or rebooting. Here's what application developers actually need to know.
P.12Tailscale creates a private mesh network across any combination of cloud servers, developer laptops, and office machines — without port forwarding, firewall rules, or dedicated VPN hardware.
P.13Multi-cloud gets pitched as the default choice for serious companies. The reality is more nuanced — and for most teams, the complexity cost is higher than the lock-in risk it's supposed to prevent.
P.14A practical guide to transactional email for web apps in 2026 — comparing Resend, Amazon SES, and SendGrid, with a focus on SPF/DKIM/DMARC setup and the common deliverability mistakes teams make.
P.15OpenTelemetry is the observability standard now. Most tutorials show you how to install the SDK and emit traces. Fewer explain which signals actually matter for web applications and which add noise without helping you debug anything.
P.16HPA scales on CPU and memory. But most production workloads don't scale well on those signals. KEDA, VPA, and Goldilocks fill the gaps that HPA leaves open.
P.17k6 is a developer-friendly load testing tool with JavaScript scripting, CI integration, and clear metrics. Here's how to write meaningful load tests, interpret the results, and catch performance regressions before they reach production.
P.18CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot code review, and similar tools have changed the first-pass review. Here's what they actually catch, where they fail, and the workflow that combines both effectively.
P.19From .env files to Vault to AWS Secrets Manager: a practical guide to storing credentials, API keys, and certificates without waking up to a breach notification.
P.20Site reliability engineering was designed for teams of hundreds. Most of its principles translate directly to teams of 5. Here is what a practical incident response process looks like when nobody has 'SRE' in their title.
P.21Leaked credentials are the most preventable category of security breach. Here is an honest look at when you need a dedicated secrets manager, which tool to pick, and what to do if you're still on .env files.
P.22Service meshes promise secure, observable microservice communication. But most teams that adopt one do so before they need it. Here is how to decide, and what each option actually costs you.
P.23Running containers in production without scanning them is the equivalent of shipping code without running tests. Here's how teams scan images, generate SBOMs, and add runtime protection, from the CI step to the cluster.
P.24Most teams treat their CI pipeline as a black box that occasionally fails. A few hours of optimization can cut your CI time by 40-60% and your GitHub Actions bill by a similar margin. Here's exactly how to do it.
P.25HashiCorp moved Terraform to a Business Source License in August 2023. OpenTofu forked it under the MPL. Pulumi took a different path entirely. Two and a half years on, the dust has settled enough to make a clear-headed choice.
P.26Data-driven analysis of platform engineering adoption in 2026. Compare Backstage, Port, and Cortex IDPs, golden paths, self-service infrastructure, and how to measure platform success with DORA metrics.
P.27EditorPickEveryone said WebAssembly would kill Docker. Two years later, they coexist — and the teams using both are shipping faster. A reality check on Wasm, containers, and the containerd shim approach.
P.28Trunk-based, Git Flow, GitHub Flow — we have tried them all. Here is the simple Git workflow that works for teams under 10 and the mistakes to avoid.
P.29GitOps adoption hit 64% in 2025, and the next evolution is integrating real-time cost visibility into every infrastructure pull request. We break down why GitOps plus FinOps is the operational model serious teams are adopting in 2026.
P.30Monorepos are mainstream, but choosing between Turborepo, Nx, and pnpm workspaces is confusing. Here's a practical guide to picking the right tool for your team.
P.31Most agencies disappear after deployment. Here is our exact 90-day post-launch process — from day-one monitoring to month-three handoff — with the checklists, tools, and escalation paths we use for every project.