A Beginning-of-Year Reflection for Enterprise Architects and Technical Leaders As we step into 2026, it’s worth pausing to reflect on the seismic shifts that defined enterprise architecture in 2025—and the hard lessons learned when AI hype met production reality. What began as breathless excitement around generative AI and LLMs has matured into a more nuanced […]
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The Serverless Revolution: Why AWS Lambda Changed Everything I Thought I Knew About Building Scalable Systems
🎓 AUTHORITY NOTE Drawing from 20+ years of enterprise architecture experience and having migrated dozens of production systems to serverless, representing millions of Lambda invocations monthly. This is battle-tested, production-proven knowledge. Executive Summary There’s a moment in every architect’s career when a technology fundamentally rewrites your mental model of how systems should work. For me, […]
Read more →Mastering Google Cloud Platform: A Complete Architecture Guide for Enterprise Developers
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provides a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services for enterprise developers. This guide covers the essential architecture patterns, services, and best practices that every developer needs to master for building production-grade applications on GCP. GCP Resource Hierarchy Understanding GCP’s resource hierarchy is fundamental to designing secure, manageable enterprise architectures. Resources are […]
Read more →Azure API Management: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Enterprise API Strategy
In my two decades of building enterprise systems, few architectural decisions have proven as consequential as API strategy. Azure API Management has evolved from a simple gateway into a comprehensive platform for managing the entire API lifecycle. Whether you’re exposing internal services to partners, building a developer ecosystem, or modernizing legacy systems through API facades, […]
Read more →Designing Enterprise VPC Networks on Google Cloud: From Zero Trust to Global Scale
Enterprise VPC design on Google Cloud requires balancing security, performance, and operational simplicity. This comprehensive guide covers Zero Trust architecture, global network design, VPC Service Controls, and hybrid connectivity patterns that meet the demands of modern enterprise workloads. Zero Trust Network Architecture Zero Trust assumes no implicit trust—every access request must be authenticated and authorized […]
Read more →Cloud VM Showdown: Choosing Between GCP Compute Engine, AWS EC2, and Azure Virtual Machines
Introduction: Choosing the right virtual machine platform is one of the most consequential decisions in cloud architecture, directly impacting performance, cost, and operational complexity for years to come. This comprehensive comparison examines GCP Compute Engine, AWS EC2, and Azure Virtual Machines through the lens of enterprise requirements—evaluating compute options, pricing models, networking capabilities, and operational […]
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