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Deep dives into cloud architecture, platform engineering, and the tools that power modern infrastructure.
MCP Agents in Cloud Operations: How We Cut L1 Incidents by 73%
We connected Claude via MCP to our infrastructure stack. Here's what happened when AI agents started diagnosing OpenStack issues autonomously.
90-Second Provisioning: The Engineering Behind Order-to-VM
Customer clicks 'Order' — 90 seconds later they have SSH credentials. Here's every step in between and how we made each one fast.
Building Multi-Tenant Billing From Scratch: Lessons from 500 Tenants
Usage-based billing sounds simple until you have 500 tenants, 4 pricing models, and invoices that need to be accurate to the cent.
White-Label Portal: How We Built a Brandable Customer Experience
Your customers see your brand, your domain, your colors. Under the hood, it's PLATFORMA. Here's how the white-label system works.
Event-Driven Architecture: How Kafka Powers PLATFORMA
30+ Kafka topics connect 8 microservices. Here's why we chose event-driven architecture and the patterns that make it work at scale.
OpenStack at Scale: What We Learned Running 2,000+ VMs
OpenStack is powerful but unforgiving. Here are the hard-won lessons from deploying and operating it for production cloud services.
From Zero to 500 Tenants: A Cloud Business Scaling Story
How one regional ISP went from selling only internet connectivity to running a profitable cloud business with 500 tenants in 14 months.
Multi-Tenant Isolation: A Security Deep Dive
When 500 tenants share the same infrastructure, isolation isn't a feature — it's an existential requirement. Here's how we enforce it at every layer.