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Why going 'all-in' on AWS or Azure is costing you latency and compliance sanity. A technical guide to hybrid architectures using Terraform, WireGuard, and Norwegian NVMe infrastructure.
A battle-hardened comparison of container orchestrators. We analyze complexity, resource overhead, and why your underlying infrastructure (IOPS) determines success or failure in production.
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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.
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A battle-hardened guide to ensuring business continuity in 2020. Learn how to architect robust disaster recovery using BorgBackup, MySQL replication, and Norwegian data sovereignty principles to satisfy Datatilsynet and your CTO.
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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.
It is Q4 2019, and the promise of 'cheaper cloud' has largely failed for high-traffic enterprises. This guide explores technical strategies to slash hosting overhead, from kernel-level tuning to leveraging Norwegian data sovereignty for GDPR compliance.
Cloud bills are skyrocketing across Europe. This guide dissects the hidden costs of hyperscalers—from egress fees to CPU credits—and demonstrates how a return to high-performance VDS and rigorous configuration tuning can slash TCO by 40%.
Is the public cloud's serverless promise a trap? We explore cost-effective, GDPR-compliant serverless patterns using OpenFaaS and KVM on high-performance infrastructure.
Is your AWS bill bleeding you dry? A pragmatic CTO's guide to reducing TCO, optimizing Linux performance, and leveraging Norwegian data sovereignty without the hyperscaler premium.
When vertical scaling hits the hardware ceiling, sharding is the only way out. We explore practical sharding strategies using ProxySQL and PostgreSQL, aimed at maintaining low latency in Norwegian data centers.
A battle-hardened guide to CNI selection, IPVS tuning, and ingress strategies for Kubernetes clusters in 2019. Learn why underlying infrastructure matters for latency.
Manual 'kubectl apply' is a disaster waiting to happen. Learn how to architect a resilient, pull-based GitOps pipeline using Flux and Helm 2, specifically tailored for high-compliance Nordic environments.
Manual security checklists are a liability in the GDPR era. Learn how to automate compliance scanning on CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 18.04 using OpenSCAP and Ansible, ensuring your infrastructure meets Datatilsynet standards without the administrative overhead.
Stop bleeding money on hyperscaler bandwidth fees. This guide outlines a technical architecture for hybrid cloud deployment using Kubernetes 1.15 and Terraform, specifically tailored for Norwegian data sovereignty and latency requirements.
It is late 2019. The orchestration wars are settling, but the infrastructure battle is just beginning. We benchmark K8s complexity against Swarm simplicity on Norwegian NVMe VPS infrastructure.
Manual deployments are destroying your uptime. Here is a battle-tested guide to implementing GitOps with Flux and Kubernetes, specifically tailored for Norwegian infrastructure requirements.
Comparison of container orchestrators for Norwegian DevOps teams. We analyze K8s vs Swarm, the impact of storage I/O on etcd stability, and why raw metal performance matters more than your YAML files.
Microservices exchange memory calls for network I/O. Without the right architecture and hardware, latency kills your application. We explore essential patterns—API Gateways, Circuit Breakers, and Service Discovery—optimized for the Norwegian market in 2019.
Why relying solely on US hyperscalers is a strategic risk for Nordic businesses. A technical guide to building a hybrid architecture that leverages local NVMe performance and data sovereignty.
A no-nonsense guide to microservices patterns that actually work in production. We strip away the hype, focus on fault tolerance, and explain why your infrastructure choice dictates your architecture's success.
Microservices solve scale but introduce chaos. Learn how to implement Istio 1.2 correctly on high-performance infrastructure to manage traffic, enforce mTLS, and debug latency without losing your mind.
Vendor lock-in is a financial risk, not just a technical one. Learn how to architect a robust hybrid multi-cloud strategy using Terraform, HAProxy, and local Norwegian infrastructure to optimize costs and ensure GDPR compliance.
Stop relying on passive checks that miss the spikes. We break down a battle-tested monitoring stack using Prometheus and Grafana on Debian 10, specifically tuned for the Nordic infrastructure landscape.
Is your deployment pipeline bleeding time and money? We dissect the hidden bottlenecks in CI/CD workflows—from disk I/O to network latency—and show you how to cut build times by 40% using dedicated KVM resources.