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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 Continuous Deployment vs Delivery: A Practical DevOps Guide
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Aug 23, 2026

Continuous Deployment vs Delivery: A Practical DevOps Guide

Master continuous deployment vs delivery with clear definitions, real DORA data, and actionable recommendations for your team's release strategy.

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Read 10 Policy as Code Tools for DevOps Teams
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Aug 22, 2026

10 Policy as Code Tools for DevOps Teams

Compare 10 policy as code tools for Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, GitOps, and cloud compliance, with trade-offs and selection guidance.

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Read Observability Best Practices: A 2026 Guide
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Aug 21, 2026

Observability Best Practices: A 2026 Guide

Apply observability best practices across cloud-native and multi-cloud platforms with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.

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