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  • Cloud & FinOps

    Deploying to the Cloud: My Infrastructure Journey

    From GCS buckets and expensive load balancers to Firebase's serverless architecture. A journey through cost optimization, architecture decisions, and lessons learned deploying a production portfolio site.

    9 min read 1 0
  • Kubernetes & GitOps

    Building a Production K3s Blog: Architecture Deep Dive

    From a mini PC to a full production blog platform. Deep dive into the K3s architecture, monitoring stack, GitOps deployment, and lessons learned running a self-hosted blog on a homelab cluster.

    12 min read 0 0
  • Systems Trade-offs

    Two Sites, Two Paths

    Firebase for a serverless portfolio versus a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster for a full-featured blog. Why I chose different deployment strategies for different needs, and what I learned from each.

    5 min read 0 0