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Choosing the right memory configuration for AWS Lambda is a balancing act between performance and cost. Too little memory causes slow execution (Lambda allocates CPU proportionally to memory). Too much wastes money. AWS Lambda Power Tuning, an open-source tool built on Step Functions, automates this optimization by benchmarking your function across multiple memory configurations and […]
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AWS CloudWatch is the foundation of AWS observability, providing metrics, logs, traces, and alarms. However, the service has grown into a complex ecosystem: CloudWatch Logs, Logs Insights, Metrics, Container Insights, Lambda Insights, Contributor Insights, Synthetics, RUM, and Evidently. This guide provides a unified approach to building a complete observability stack using CloudWatch components. CloudWatch Components […]
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Azure API Management (APIM) is the enterprise API gateway for exposing backend services securely. It handles authentication, rate limiting, transformation, caching, and observability. This guide covers deployment tiers, policy configuration, developer portal customization, and production architecture patterns for high-availability deployments. APIM Tiers Comparison Feature Consumption Developer Standard Premium Pricing Pay-per-call Fixed Fixed Fixed SLA 99.95% […]
Read more →Azure Kubernetes Service: Production Hardening Guide
Running Kubernetes in production requires more than deploying workloads—it demands security hardening, proper networking, observability, and disaster recovery planning. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) handles control plane management, but the shared responsibility model means you must secure the data plane. This guide covers production hardening practices from dozens of enterprise AKS deployments. Network Architecture Azure CNI […]
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AWS Fargate is serverless compute for containers—you define tasks and services, and AWS manages the underlying infrastructure. Unlike EC2-backed ECS, there are no instances to patch, scale, or monitor. This guide covers production deployment patterns including load balancing, auto-scaling, secrets management, and cost optimization strategies from running 500+ Fargate tasks in production. ECS Concepts Task […]
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