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Blog & guides

Practical guides on AWS disaster recovery, DevOps, and infrastructure design. For shorter essays, see Substack.

Pt. 01Migrating to AWS with Automated Disaster RecoveryAWS multi-region disaster recovery case study: ECS Fargate, Aurora Global Database, Terraform, CloudFront, Global Accelerator, and Step Functions automated regional failover.Pt. 02Designing Disaster Recovery on AWSA practical AWS disaster recovery design guide: RTO/RPO requirements, pilot light vs warm standby tradeoffs, cost ranges, and cheaper alternatives before building multi-region infrastructure.Pt. 03When an Appchain Is Worth the Operational CostA decision framework for appchains versus shared L1s and rollups — when dedicated chain infrastructure pays off, when it does not, and what teams underestimate before they commit.Pt. 04Software Engineering for SustainabilityExploring the role of software engineering in promoting environmental, social, and economic sustainability.Pt. 05DevOps for a Small Engineering TeamDevOps for a small engineering team: CI/CD, Terraform, and observability practices that matter when modernizing a 15-year-old software company.Pt. 06Initial Setup for Next.js ProjectsA guide to setting up your Next.js project efficiently.