Technical insights and best practices for DevOps & Infrastructure
Stop bleeding money on egress fees. Learn how to deploy a production-ready, S3-compatible object storage layer using MinIO on Kubernetes, optimized for local NVMe performance and Norwegian data sovereignty.
While AWS Lambda and Azure Functions dominate the headlines, pragmatic architects are looking at self-hosted FaaS on high-performance VPS to solve latency and GDPR challenges. Here is how to build it.
A pragmatic guide for CTOs and Systems Architects on building resilient, GDPR-compliant multi-cloud infrastructures. We cover Terraform orchestration, database replication strategies, and why placing your data core in Norway is crucial for performance and compliance.
While the promise of 'pay-as-you-go' sounded perfect, the reality for many Norwegian CTOs is unpredictable billing and hidden egress fees. Here is how to audit your infrastructure, reclaim wasted resources, and why fixed-cost NVMe performance is the stabilizer your budget needs.
Physics doesn't negotiate. Stop routing critical traffic to Frankfurt. We explore real-world edge computing architectures for the Norwegian market in 2020, specifically focusing on IoT aggregation, localized caching, and the specific kernel tuning required to minimize jitter.
Microservices solve scale but introduce chaos. This 2020 guide covers implementing Istio on Kubernetes to regain control over traffic and security. Learn why underlying hardware latency matters for the sidecar pattern.
Default Kubernetes networking settings are a performance bottleneck waiting to strike. This guide dissects CNI choices, kernel tuning, and ingress strategies for high-traffic clusters in 2020.
Stop overpaying for AWS egress. A battle-hardened guide to building a hybrid multi-cloud architecture that leverages local Norwegian NVMe performance while maintaining GDPR compliance.
Cloud functions offer agility, but public cloud bills and latency can kill your project. Learn how to architect a hybrid serverless platform using OpenFaaS and KVM on high-performance infrastructure.
Latency isn't just a metric; it's a business killer. Learn how to tune the Linux kernel and Nginx for high-throughput API gateways, and why hardware isolation is your only defense against jitter.
Stop over-engineering your infrastructure. We benchmark Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Nomad on bare-metal performance, analyze the hidden costs of complexity, and explain why your underlying VPS choice matters more than your YAML files.
CPU graphs lie. In 2020, 'it works on my machine' is a fireable offense. We dissect the Golden Signals of monitoring, configuring Prometheus on Ubuntu 18.04, and why placing your data in Norway is a latency imperative, not just a legal one.
A no-nonsense look at building a hybrid infrastructure that survives audits and outages. We explore Terraform orchestration, GDPR compliance strategies, and why adding a high-performance local VPS in Norway reduces latency and legal risk.
Standard uptime checks won't save you from the 3 AM PagerDuty call. We dive deep into Prometheus architecture, the RED method, and why NVMe storage is critical for time-series data integrity in 2020.
A battle-hardened look at Kubernetes networking primitives, selecting the right CNI (Calico vs. Flannel), optimizing IPVS, and why underlying hardware latency defines your cluster's success in the Nordic market.
It’s 2020. Kubernetes won the war, but Docker Swarm is still fighting for the small battles. We analyze the orchestration landscape, the critical role of NVMe storage for etcd stability, and why data residency in Norway matters more than ever.
Monoliths are safe, but microservices are inevitable at scale. Here is a no-nonsense guide to the architecture patterns that actually work in production, specifically tailored for the Norwegian infrastructure landscape of late 2019.
It is late 2019, and the runc vulnerability proved that containers aren't virtual machines. This guide covers specific kernel capabilities, read-only filesystems, and the infrastructure architecture required to secure Norwegian workloads.
Stop paying the 'egress tax'. A strategic guide to hybrid infrastructure using local Norwegian NVMe VPS for data gravity and public cloud for elasticity. Includes Terraform 0.12 configs and StrongSwan setup.
Is your AWS bill growing faster than your user base? Discover actionable strategies to slash infrastructure costs by leveraging NVMe performance, auditing I/O wait, and repatriating workloads to Norway.
Kubernetes networking is notorious for its complexity. We dissect CNI choices, the shift from iptables to IPVS, and how to tune your cluster for maximum throughput on bare-metal performance.
Microservices solve scaling issues but introduce networking nightmares. Learn how to implement Istio 1.4 on Kubernetes to regain control, enforce mTLS, and why underlying infrastructure performance makes or breaks your mesh.
A battle-hardened guide to locking down Docker and Kubernetes in a post-CVE-2019-5736 world. We cover non-root users, read-only filesystems, and why KVM isolation on CoolVDS is your last line of defense.
Default Docker settings are a security nightmare waiting to happen. Learn how to harden your container runtime, manage capabilities, and why the underlying VPS architecture matters for GDPR compliance in Norway.
It's late 2019, and the 'runc' vulnerability is still haunting production environments. Here is a battle-hardened guide to locking down containers, managing capabilities, and why the underlying hardware in Oslo matters more than you think.
Centralized clouds are failing real-time applications. Discover how deploying edge nodes in Norway reduces latency, secures IoT data pipelines, and ensures GDPR compliance. Practical configs included.
Slow builds aren't just annoying; they are a technical debt compounding interest. We dissect how storage I/O bottlenecks choke Jenkins and GitLab runners, and how to architect a high-performance pipeline in Norway using KVM and NVMe.
Manual deployments are technical debt. Learn the specific directory structures, CI/CD pipelines, and secret management strategies required for a robust GitOps workflow in the Norwegian enterprise sector. Stop clicking, start committing.
Kubernetes networking isn't magic; it's a complex layer of encapsulation that can kill your latency. We analyze the shift from iptables to IPVS, debugging CNI plugins, and why hardware selection determines your cluster's fate.
Stop over-engineering your infrastructure. Here is why a Hybrid approach combining local Norwegian NVMe VPS with hyperscaler bursting is the only architecture that satisfies both your CFO and Datatilsynet.