Platform and Infrastructure

Kubernetes: What You Sign Up For

Kubernetes does not reduce operational burden. It standardises and relocates it — which is valuable, at a certain size.

Infrastructure as Code That Doesn't Drift

IaC does not prevent drift. It gives you a place to detect it — if you actually look.

Environments, Config, and Secrets

Config is what differs between environments. Secrets are config that must never be readable. Conflating them causes both problems.

Multi-Tenancy and Cost Boundaries

The tenancy model is an irreversible decision that determines your cost structure, blast radius, and sales motion.

The Internal Platform as a Product

A platform nobody chooses to use is a tax. Golden paths beat mandates.