#Eks

A Service Mesh Rollout That Was Worth It
- Architecture
- DevOps
- 20 Oct 2026
- 08 Mins read
The request that started this was not "can we have a service mesh". It was an auditor asking how we encrypted traffic between services, and the honest answer being that we mostly did not. Everything i

Migrating a Monolith to Kubernetes Without a Big-Bang Cutover
- DevOps
- Cloud Native
- 20 Jul 2026
- 07 Mins read
Almost every failed "let's move off the monolith" project shares one detail: the plan was a big-bang cutover. Rewrite in parallel, pick a weekend, flip the switch, and pray. This is the opposite of th

Cutting a SaaS AWS Bill 41% Without Slowing Delivery
- Cloud Computing
- DevOps
- 19 Jul 2026
- 10 Mins read
A growing SaaS ran on EKS with a full GitOps pipeline, and it was over its AWS budget nearly every month. The reflex from leadership was the usual one: freeze features until the bill comes down. That