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In-depth analysis, decision frameworks, and real-world insights for senior platform engineers.
45% of platform engineering teams are disbanded within 18 months. Learn the 7 failure modes backed by research, real examples, and the 5 predictive metrics for success.
Deep technical analysis of the October 2025 AWS outage: DNS race condition in DynamoDB, cascading failures, and why US-EAST-1 is your hidden single point of failure
Chapter 1 of The Orchestrator's Codex - a fantasy novel where platform engineering technologies are the magic system. Follow Kira Chen as she discovers a mysterious Pattern threatening to crash the entire system.
Why Elasticsearch Engineers Earn $24K More Than Cloud Architects (And What It Means For Your Career)
The 2025 salary data reveals a shocking truth - specialized tool expertise now pays significantly more than broad cloud platform knowledge. Here's what you need to know.
88% struggle with K8s costs, 75% cite complexity barriers, 25% shrinking deployments. The 200-node rule, decision frameworks, and when Docker Swarm, Nomad, or PaaS beat Kubernetes.
Why 130+ tools and $400k AI spending is killing your ROI. Discover hidden costs: 23-min context switching tax, 20-30% maintenance burden, and why traditional ROI metrics lie.