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Read Scaling Prometheus Monitoring with Thanos on Azure Kubernetes
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E-Commerce Platform
E-Commerce
Azure

Scaling Prometheus Monitoring with Thanos on Azure Kubernetes

How we helped a major e-commerce platform achieve unified, long-term metrics storage across 12 Kubernetes clusters using Thanos and Azure Blob Storage.

Unified monitoring across 12 Kubernetes clusters
Reduced monitoring costs by 60% with Azure Blob Storage tiering
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Read How We Migrated Apache Kafka from VMs to Kubernetes (AKS)
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Enterprise Messaging Platform
Technology
Azure

How We Migrated Apache Kafka from VMs to Kubernetes (AKS)

Lessons from migrating a production Kafka cluster, 60+ Elixir microservices, and an entire Ansible-managed infrastructure to Azure Kubernetes Service — including the five things that nearly derailed us.

Migrated 60+ Elixir microservices to AKS with zero downtime
Eliminated Zookeeper dependency by moving to Kafka KRaft
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Read Migrating a FinTech Platform from VMs to Kubernetes on AWS
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FinTech Startup
Financial Services
AWS

Migrating a FinTech Platform from VMs to Kubernetes on AWS

A phased migration strategy that moved 40+ microservices from EC2 instances to Amazon EKS while maintaining PCI DSS compliance and achieving 45% cost savings.

Migrated 40+ microservices to EKS with zero downtime
Achieved 45% reduction in monthly cloud infrastructure costs
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Read DevOps for Startups: A Pragmatic 180-Day Roadmap
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Apr 19, 2026

DevOps for Startups: A Pragmatic 180-Day Roadmap

A practical DevOps for startups guide. Our 180-day roadmap covers IaC, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and DORA metrics to help you ship faster and scale smarter.

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Read Kubernetes Load Balancers: A Complete Guide
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Apr 18, 2026

Kubernetes Load Balancers: A Complete Guide

Guide to Kubernetes load balancers. Compare Service types, Ingress, Gateway API, & MetalLB to choose the best for cost, security, and scale.

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Read What Is Terraform Used For: The Definitive Guide
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Apr 17, 2026

What Is Terraform Used For: The Definitive Guide

What is Terraform used for? Learn how teams use Terraform for multi-cloud IaC, GitOps workflows, key use cases, and infrastructure best practices in this 2026 guide.

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