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- 01Terraform Module Patterns: How I Structure IaC for ReuseOpinionated Terraform module patterns — consistent variable naming, output contracts, testing with Terratest, and the module structure that works across teams.TerraformAWSIaCInfrastructureMar 18, 2026
- 02Docker in CI/CD: The Patterns That Cut My Pipeline Time by 82%Layer caching, multi-stage builds, BuildKit, and the Docker patterns that took my CI pipeline from 45 minutes to 8 minutes.DockerCI/CDGitHub ActionsDevOpsMar 12, 2026
- 03AWS Cost Optimization: How I Keep a Production Platform Under $50/MonthThe Nexural platform runs on AWS with Vercel, Supabase, and targeted AWS services. Here's how I keep costs under $50/month for a platform with 185 tables and real-time data.AWSCost OptimizationSupabaseVercelMar 8, 2026
- 04GitHub OIDC → AWS (No Long-Lived Keys): Cloud Automation the Right WayHow to use GitHub Actions OIDC to assume an AWS IAM role and deploy/upload artifacts without storing AWS keys. Includes least-privilege IAM, trust policy patterns, and troubleshooting tips.AWSIAMOIDCGitHub ActionsJan 10, 2026
- 05Authentication Is Harder Than You ThinkI've implemented auth 4 times across different projects. Every time I thought it would take 2 days. Every time it took 2 weeks. Here's why, and what I'd do differently.AuthenticationSecuritySupabaseJWTDec 28, 2025
- 06Rate Limiting: The Feature Nobody Thinks About Until It's Too LateYour API works perfectly at 10 requests per second. At 10,000, it falls over. Here's how I implement rate limiting that protects without annoying legitimate users.SecurityAPIRate LimitingArchitectureDec 15, 2025
- 07Supabase in Production: What I Wish I Knew Before 185 TablesAfter a year of running Supabase in production with 185 tables, here's the honest review — what's incredible, what's frustrating, and what almost made me switch.SupabasePostgreSQLDatabaseProductionNov 22, 2025
- 08Environment Variables: The Security Hole in Every StartupYour .env file has your database password, Stripe secret key, and AWS credentials. It's in a Slack message, a developer's laptop, and probably a Docker image somewhere. Let's fix that.SecurityEnvironment VariablesAWSDevOpsNov 15, 2025
- 09Monitoring That Actually Tells You SomethingDashboards with 47 panels where everything is green aren't monitoring. They're decoration. Here's what I actually monitor and why most alerting is useless noise.MonitoringSREAlertingDevOpsNov 1, 2025
- 10Fixing Docker Compose Connection Errors in CI/CDSpent 4 hours debugging 'Connection refused' errors in Jenkins. Here's what I learned about Docker networking in CI pipelines.DockerJenkinsCI/CDTroubleshootingJan 5, 2024
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