Private Kubernetes cluster in AKS with Azure Private Link

Today, we’ll take a look at a new feature in AKS called Azure Private Link, which allows you to connect to AKS securely and privately over the Microsoft Azure backbone network. In the past, connecting to AKS from an on-premises network or other virtual network required using a public IP address, which posed potential security […]

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LLM Testing and Evaluation: Building Confidence in AI Applications

Introduction: LLM applications are notoriously hard to test. Outputs are non-deterministic, “correct” is often subjective, and traditional unit tests don’t apply. Yet shipping untested LLM features is risky—prompt changes can break functionality, model updates can degrade quality, and edge cases can embarrass your product. This guide covers practical testing strategies: building evaluation datasets, implementing automated […]

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Building GDPR-Compliant FHIR APIs: A European Healthcare Guide

Executive Summary Building FHIR REST APIs in the European Union requires strict compliance with GDPR Article 9 for processing health data (special category personal data). This comprehensive guide provides solution architects and developers with production-ready patterns for implementing GDPR-compliant FHIR APIs, covering encryption, consent management, access controls, audit logging, and data subject rights. 🏥 HEALTHCARE […]

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Azure Synapse Analytics: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Unified Data Analytics

The modern enterprise data landscape demands more than traditional data warehousing or isolated analytics solutions. Organizations need unified platforms that can handle everything from batch ETL processing to real-time streaming analytics, from structured data warehousing to exploratory data science workloads. Azure Synapse Analytics represents Microsoft’s answer to this challenge—a comprehensive analytics service that brings together […]

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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 […]

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Running LLMs on Kubernetes: Production Deployment Guide

Deploying LLMs on Kubernetes requires careful planning. After deploying 25+ LLM models on Kubernetes, I’ve learned what works. Here’s the complete guide to running LLMs on Kubernetes in production. Figure 1: Kubernetes LLM Architecture Why Kubernetes for LLMs Kubernetes offers significant advantages for LLM deployment: Scalability: Auto-scale based on demand Resource management: Efficient GPU and […]

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