// BLOG
Technical depth, strategic guidance, real implementation experience.
The licensing argument is easy. The engineering argument is harder. Here's the trade-off log behind choosing OpenBao over HashiCorp Vault as the secrets engine for a European IDP — and why the fork won on technical grounds, not just political ones.
Use Goldilocks and the Vertical Pod Autoscaler to find honest CPU and memory requests — a practical walk-through that cuts both your cloud bill and your carbon footprint.
Product wants to ship faster. Your platform team of three is firefighting. You can't hire senior Kubernetes people. Here's how to unblock without tripling headcount.
Your board is asking about the CLOUD Act. Your CFO wants cloud costs down. Here's how to build the business case that gets both done — with a framework, numbers, and a one-page board summary.
Cilium vs Calico. Service mesh vs no service mesh. eBPF vs sidecar proxies. The real architectural tradeoffs — not the vendor pitch.