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We share what we learn from working on real systems. No marketing buzzwords, just pragmatic engineering recommendations based on production reality.

Feb 12, 2024 8 min read

Why we stopped recommending CloudFront for European SaaS in 2024

A breakdown of network routing changes, GDPR compliance requirements, and latency profiles that make alternative edge solutions better suited for European users.

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Sep 14, 2024 11 min read

The Postgres replication setup that survives a regional outage

A detailed walkthrough of high-availability configurations, detailing slot monitoring, failover thresholds, and data consistency safeguards.

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Jan 22, 2025 9 min read

Cost-efficient Kubernetes node strategy at 50-150 engineers

How scaling engineering teams can configure Karpenter, Spot instances, and cluster sizing parameters to reduce cloud compute bills without sacrificing performance.

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May 05, 2023 14 min read

When to migrate off RDS (and when absolutely not to)

A realistic cost-benefit breakdown of moving relational workloads off AWS RDS to self-hosted EC2 database instances, outlining the operational risks.

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Nov 08, 2024 7 min read

Three architecture mistakes we see repeatedly in Series A SaaS

A review of common structural issues: over-provisioned database connections, unseparated IAM permissions, and ad-hoc logging patterns that limit future scale.

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Mar 19, 2025 10 min read

A pragmatic guide to SOC 2 evidence collection

How technical founders can automate security checks, audit collections, and deploy validations to pass verification without distracting their developers.

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