60 articles on DevOps, cloud, and platform engineering, written from production experience.
60 articles
2026-08-06 · 8 min read
Move beyond rolling updates, use Argo Rollouts for canary and blue-green deployments on Kubernetes, with automated analysis and rollback based on real metrics.
2026-08-04 · 10 min read
The full breakdown of building my own blog instead of relying on dev.to: the stack, the cost ($0/month), the tools, and why owning your content matters more than platform reach. Plus the cross-posting strategy that keeps dev.to as distribution.
2026-08-03 · 9 min read
A practical, no-fluff DevOps roadmap for engineers in Cameroon and Africa, the exact order to learn Linux, Docker, cloud, IaC, and Kubernetes, and how to turn it into remote work.
2026-08-02 · 7 min read
How I built an open-source serverless tool that automates weekly AWS account audits, scores infrastructure 0-100, and delivers prioritized fix commands for $0.21/month.
2026-08-02 · 15 min read
The AWS services and habits that reduce risk the most, Secrets Manager with rotation, SSM (no SSH keys), least-privilege IAM, CodeConnections, KMS, comprehensive logging (CloudTrail + VPC Flow Logs + S3 access logs), and the guardrails, with runnable Terraform.
2026-07-30 · 9 min read
Beyond the buzzword, a working reference for an Internal Developer Platform: Backstage service catalog, golden-path scaffolder, and the paved-road defaults that tie GitOps, observability, and CI/CD together.
2026-07-30 · 8 min read
How to build a multi-account AWS foundation with Terraform, Organizations, OUs, account vending, preventative SCPs, and a tamper-proof centralized CloudTrail.
2026-07-30 · 8 min read
A practical comparison of HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, and the External Secrets Operator, how to choose, and how they work together on Kubernetes.
2026-07-30 · 8 min read
Building a production-grade Google Cloud foundation, resource hierarchy, shared VPC with Cloud NAT, a project factory, and org-policy guardrails. All Terraform, CI-validated.
2026-07-30 · 7 min read
A copy-paste DevSecOps toolkit, pre-commit hooks, gitleaks, Trivy, tfsec, checkov, and hadolint wired into one CI pipeline. Security from the first commit, not bolted on after an audit.
2026-07-30 · 10 min read
How I built 5 production-grade AI agents, DevOps, Cost, Security, Incident, and IaC Review, on AWS Bedrock with guardrails, audit trails, and human-approval gates for write operations.
2026-07-30 · 7 min read
A step-by-step guide to deploying a production-ready serverless API, Lambda + API Gateway + DynamoDB, with least-privilege IAM, unit tests, and CI. All Terraform, zero console clicking.
2026-07-30 · 8 min read
Five Terraform patterns that set up AWS the right way from day one, Secrets Manager, least-privilege IAM, CodeConnections, KMS, and a full security baseline (GuardDuty, Security Hub, Config, Access Analyzer, CloudTrail).
2026-07-28 · 8 min read
Which DevOps certifications are actually worth it for engineers in Africa, the order to take them, and how to weigh certs against real projects when money is tight.
2026-07-23 · 8 min read
How to build decoupled, resilient systems on AWS using EventBridge for routing and Step Functions for orchestration, when to use each, and the patterns that keep them maintainable.
2026-07-16 · 8 min read
A practical introduction to DynamoDB data modeling, partition keys, single-table design, access patterns, and the mistakes that cause hot partitions and runaway cost.
2026-07-14 · 8 min read
How to build a DevOps freelancing career from Africa, finding international clients, pricing your work, scoping engagements, and keeping clients coming back.
2026-07-12 · 10 min read
How I designed, built, and launched a production lost-and-found platform from scratch, FastAPI, Flutter, React, AWS, mobile money, solving a real problem in Cameroon.
2026-07-09 · 8 min read
A decision guide for running containers on AWS, when to pick ECS, EKS, or Fargate, the real trade-offs on control, cost, and operational burden, and how to avoid over-engineering.
2026-07-02 · 9 min read
A clear, practical mental model of AWS VPC networking, subnets, route tables, gateways, NAT, security groups vs NACLs, and VPC endpoints, without the jargon overload.
2026-06-25 · 8 min read
A practical, repeatable approach to least-privilege IAM on AWS, start-deny, use Access Analyzer, scope with conditions, and avoid the wildcard traps that quietly grant too much.
2026-06-18 · 7 min read
How to actually test your Terraform, from free static checks (validate, tflint, tfsec) to real integration tests with Terratest, so your modules don't break production.
2026-06-11 · 7 min read
A practical guide to securing your GitHub Actions pipelines, replace long-lived cloud keys with OIDC, pin actions to SHAs, scope permissions, and stop supply-chain attacks before they start.
2026-06-08 · 9 min read
How I built a serverless pipeline on AWS that auto-monitors all CloudWatch log groups, scans for leaked credentials in real-time, sends rate-limited alerts, and provides a dashboard for triage, zero config after deploy.
2026-06-04 · 8 min read
A practical breakdown of why serverless Cloud Run behind Cloudflare outperforms always-on VMs for hosting many sites, on cost, scaling, security, and operations, with the trade-offs spelled out.
2026-06-04 · 11 min read
How I designed and operated a multi-tenant hosting platform on Google Cloud Run, fronted by Cloudflare, that serves 5,000+ sites globally, fast, secure, auto-scaling, and load-tested to grow well beyond that.
2026-06-03 · 7 min read
From building DevOps infrastructure for global teams from Cameroon, why hiring African cloud and DevOps engineers is a strategic advantage, not a compromise, and how to do it well.
2026-06-03 · 8 min read
Practical ways to run Kubernetes without burning money, right-sizing, autoscaling to zero, spot nodes, and the cost-aware habits I learned engineering from a constrained environment.
2026-06-03 · 11 min read
A detailed engineering case study, how I designed and operated a production EKS platform serving 50+ microservices and 1M+ requests/day, cutting infrastructure cost 40% and recovery time from 2 hours to 15 minutes.
2026-06-02 · 9 min read
An honest, first-person account of building a DevOps career from Buea, Cameroon, the power cuts, internet bottlenecks, timezone gymnastics, payment hurdles, and the workarounds that actually let me ship for global teams.
2026-06-02 · 8 min read
Real, implementable strategies to reduce your AWS and GCP bills by 30-70%, right-sizing, autoscaling, spot/preemptible instances, storage tiering, and the FinOps habits that keep costs down for good.
2026-06-01 · 8 min read
Most DevOps portfolios are a pile of disconnected demos. Here's how I built six open-source projects that compose into one enterprise-grade platform, and why that matters more than any single repo.
2026-06-01 · 9 min read
How to become a DevOps engineer in Cameroon and work remotely for global teams, the real skills, tools, and path I used to go from local IT to multi-cloud DevOps across six countries.
2026-05-11 · 12 min read
Talent Forge Program · Project 1 | Beginner → Intermediate The exact project that proves you can...
2026-04-27 · 5 min read
I recently went through the full process of setting up GKE Gateway API on a production-grade cluster...
2026-04-12 · 2 min read
Monitoring is one of the most overlooked parts of building systems. Until something breaks. Then...
2026-04-05 · 3 min read
Let's be real, when most people Google "how to become a DevOps engineer," they land on listicles...
2026-03-26 · 7 min read
Welcome to my AWS Service Spotlight series, where I break down AWS services, how they work, when to...
2026-03-20 · 5 min read
How to structure Terraform code for teams of 5-50 engineers, with real patterns that scale and prevent disasters.
2026-03-19 · 5 min read
Practical AWS cost optimization techniques that saved my clients 40-70% on their cloud bills, with real examples and implementation guides.
2026-03-18 · 5 min read
A practical comparison of the three most popular service mesh solutions for Kubernetes, with real-world deployment considerations and performance benchmarks.
2026-03-18 · 3 min read
Monitoring your infrastructure shouldn't be complicated. In this guide, I'll show you how to spin up...
2026-03-18 · 6 min read
Welcome to my AWS Service Spotlight series, where I break down AWS services, how they work, when to...
2026-03-17 · 2 min read
Overview Licensing in the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch + Kibana) controls access to...
2026-03-16 · 3 min read
Prerequisites Before starting, make sure you have these installed: Docker...
2026-03-13 · 7 min read
Overview The PECOS Data Extraction Pipeline is an enterprise-grade ETL workflow that...
2025-12-05 · 2 min read
LocalTunnel Server Setup Documentation 1. Files 1.1...
2025-10-15 · 2 min read
Overview This guide explains how to set up and connect Bitbucket repositories with ArgoCD...
2025-10-14 · 3 min read
Managing secure access to ArgoCD's web UI on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) can be streamlined with...
2025-10-01 · 2 min read
This guide will walk you through hosting a static website on AWS S3 using your code from GitHub(my...
2025-09-18 · 2 min read
Automate CloudWatch Agent Setup on EC2 with Terraform and AWS SSM Managing monitoring...
2025-09-13 · 5 min read
Vault is a powerful secrets management tool. Running Vault on Kubernetes in HA mode with Raft backend...
2025-09-13 · 2 min read
After successfully deploying Vault in Kubernetes with High Availability (HA) and Raft storage,...
2025-09-09 · 11 min read
A complete guide to the GitFlow branching strategy, main, develop, feature, release, and hotfix branches, the git-flow commands, naming conventions, and when to use it.
2025-09-04 · 2 min read
Accessing servers via SSH or RDP just to install or configure monitoring agents isn’t scalable or...
2025-09-03 · 4 min read
Deploying Node-RED on Kubernetes is a powerful way to run your low-code workflows at scale. In this...
2025-09-01 · 2 min read
Automating AWS EC2 instance launches with Terraform is powerful, but adding custom user data scripts...
2025-08-29 · 1 min read
I just published a GitHub repository that simplifies deploying the Datadog AWS integration using...
2025-08-25 · 2 min read
When you deploy services like Jenkins (8080), SonarQube (9000), or Grafana (3000), by default they...
2025-08-22 · 2 min read
Sometimes, you may need to reset the admin password for Apache Archiva running inside a Docker...
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