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Cloud & Kubernetes

Cloud & Kubernetes

Kubernetes architecture, cloud cost optimisation, service mesh, and platform engineering patterns for cloud-native teams.

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Migrating a Brownfield GCP Estate Into a Landing Zone (Without Breaking Production)

Folder moves are easy. Org policy inheritance and Shared VPC cutovers are not. A field guide to retrofitting a landing zone onto a live GCP org.

Cilium 1.16 Deep Dive: eBPF-Native Service Mesh Without Envoy

Why teams are ditching sidecar proxies and what you actually lose when you make the switch to Cilium.

Multi-Tenant Kubernetes: The Architecture Patterns That Actually Scale

Namespace isolation, GitOps patterns, noisy neighbours, and compliance for multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters.

Karpenter vs Cluster Autoscaler: A Real Cost Analysis After 6 Months

After 6 months running Karpenter in production, here is the honest cost analysis versus Cluster Autoscaler.