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 […]
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Mastering GKE: A Deep Dive into Google Kubernetes Engine for Production Workloads
Introduction: Google Kubernetes Engine represents the gold standard for managed Kubernetes, built on the same infrastructure that runs Google’s own containerized workloads at massive scale. This deep dive explores GKE’s enterprise capabilities—from Autopilot mode that eliminates node management to advanced features like workload identity, binary authorization, and multi-cluster service mesh. After deploying production Kubernetes clusters […]
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 […]
Read more →Infrastructure as Code: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Terraform and Pulumi
After two decades of managing infrastructure across enterprises of every scale, I’ve witnessed the evolution from manual server provisioning to the declarative, version-controlled approach we now call Infrastructure as Code. The shift isn’t just about automation—it’s about treating infrastructure with the same rigor we apply to application code: version control, code review, testing, and continuous […]
Read more →A Comprehensive Guide to Provisioning AWS ECR with Terraform
Introduction: Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is a fully managed container registry service provided by AWS. It enables developers to store, manage, and deploy Docker container images securely. In this guide, we’ll explore how to provision a new AWS ECR using Terraform, a popular Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool. We’ll cover not only the steps […]
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