Technical insights and best practices for DevOps & Infrastructure
Stop paying the 'managed' tax. We compare K8s, Swarm, and Nomad for Nordic workloads, focusing on data residency, overhead, and the raw performance of NVMe-backed worker nodes.
Service meshes solve communication chaos, but they demand raw power. Here is a no-nonsense implementation guide using Istio on Kubernetes, tailored for compliance-heavy Norwegian environments.
Stop overpaying for egress and latency. A technical guide to building a hybrid infrastructure using WireGuard, Terraform, and high-performance Nordic VDS to satisfy Datatilsynet and your CFO.
A battle-hardened guide to dissecting K8s networking layers, optimizing CNI performance with eBPF, and solving latency issues at the infrastructure level.
Microservices solve scale but introduce chaos. Learn how to tame traffic flow, enforce mTLS for GDPR compliance, and handle the 'sidecar tax' using high-performance infrastructure.
A pragmatic CTO's guide to escaping the hyperscaler tax. Learn how to optimize IOPS, leverage Norwegian data sovereignty, and use raw KVM virtualization to slash TCO.
Containers aren't sandboxes. Learn how to secure your CI/CD pipeline, enforce runtime immutability, and comply with Norwegian data privacy laws using battle-tested configurations available in early 2024.
Stop over-engineering your stack. We benchmark Kubernetes 1.29, Docker Swarm, and Nomad on Nordic infrastructure to determine which orchestrator actually fits your workload without burning your budget.
Stop guessing why your API is slow. A battle-hardened guide to implementing Prometheus, Grafana, and Jaeger on Norwegian infrastructure, ensuring low latency and strict data sovereignty.
Stop over-engineering. We benchmark Docker Swarm, K3s, and K8s on Norwegian infrastructure to find the balance between complexity and performance. A battle-hardened guide to avoiding orchestration hell.
Manual deployments are a ticking time bomb. This guide dissects a battle-tested GitOps workflow using ArgoCD and KVM isolation, specifically tailored for Norwegian infrastructure compliance.
Default configurations are the enemy of performance. We dive into kernel tuning, NGINX upstream keepalives, and the hardware reality required for low-latency API delivery in Norway.
A battle-hardened look at microservices patterns for 2024. We cover API Gateways, Circuit Breakers, and the 'Database-per-Service' dilemma, specifically tailored for Norwegian infrastructure constraints and GDPR compliance.
Shared CI runners are a bottleneck for serious DevOps teams. Learn how to cut build times by 60% using self-hosted runners, NVMe storage, and local caching strategies compliant with Norwegian data sovereignty.
Monitoring tells you the server is online. Observability tells you why the payment gateway times out only for users in Tromsø. We dismantle the buzzwords, implement OpenTelemetry, and explain why high-IOPS infrastructure is non-negotiable for modern tracing.
Manual deployments are a liability. Learn how to architect a bulletproof GitOps workflow using ArgoCD and Kubernetes, ensuring compliance with Norwegian data standards while maximizing uptime.
Cloud bills are bleeding your runway. We analyze egress fees, vCPU steal time, and storage IOPS to show why repatriating workloads to high-performance VPS in Norway is the pragmatic move for 2024.
The cloud promise was 'pay for what you use,' but the reality is often 'pay for what you forgot to turn off.' With the weak NOK and rising hyperscaler costs, here is a technical deep dive into right-sizing infrastructure, reducing egress fees, and leveraging Norwegian VPS solutions for predictable TCO.
Discover how to conquer the geographic challenges of Norway using edge computing strategies. We dive into kernel tuning, Nginx caching, and why local NVMe storage is non-negotiable for low-latency applications.
Kubernetes networking is black magic until you understand the packet flow. We dissect CNI choices, MTU fragmentation, and eBPF acceleration for Norwegian infrastructure, ensuring your clusters don't choke under load.
Stop relying on 'ClickOps'. This guide details the battle-tested pull-based architecture using ArgoCD and Kustomize, specifically tailored for Norwegian compliance and high-availability infrastructure.
Stop running containers as root. A battle-hardened guide to locking down Docker and Kubernetes environments in 2024, focusing on immutable infrastructure, kernel isolation, and compliance with Norwegian data standards.
Stop blaming your build script for slow deployments. We analyze how Disk I/O and network latency choke CI/CD pipelines, and provide actionable configuration tuning for GitLab Runners on Linux environments.
A technical deep dive into RTO/RPO calculations, Schrems II compliance, and automated failover implementation using KVM and NVMe infrastructure in the Nordic region.
Manual deployments are a liability. Learn how to architect a robust GitOps workflow using ArgoCD and Kubernetes, tailored for Norwegian compliance standards and high-performance infrastructure.
Stop blaming DNS. A battle-hardened guide to CNI selection, kernel tuning, and reducing latency in Kubernetes clusters specifically for the Norwegian infrastructure landscape.
Manual deployments are a liability. Learn how to implement a bulletproof GitOps workflow using ArgoCD and Kustomize, specifically tailored for European compliance and high-performance infrastructure.
Stop bleeding budget on hyperscaler egress fees. Discover how to architect a compliant, high-performance hybrid setup using CoolVDS as your secure Nordic core and public clouds for specific workloads.
Monitoring tells you the server is up. Observability tells you why the checkout is slow. We break down the technical differences, the resource costs of tracing, and why infrastructure isolation is critical for accurate data.
Running AI workloads on generic cloud infrastructure is a recipe for latency and compliance failures. We dissect the specific Kubernetes configurations, NVMe requirements, and sovereignty strategies needed for high-performance ML in 2023.