--- title: "Pillars (@pillars) | Hashnode" description: "Pillars is an outsourced Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & DevOps partner for businesses where downtime means lost revenue, customers, or trust. We go bey..." url: "https://hashnode.com/@pillars" --- @pillars # Pillars @pillars · Dubai, UAE · Joined April 2026 Pillars is an outsourced Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & DevOps partner for businesses where downtime means lost revenue, customers, or trust. We go beyond monitoring — covering reliability across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, observability, automation, and incident response. [Website](https://pillars.live/) ### [Black Friday readiness: what a load test covers, and what to plan next](https://pillars.hashnode.dev/black-friday-readiness-what-a-load-test-covers-and-what-to-plan-next?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A load test tells you whether the system can take the traffic you expect. A calm peak weekend also depends on clear signals, a plan for each dependency and an on-call engineer who can act. All three can be prepared before the code freeze. 9 min read · [pillars.hashnode.dev](https://pillars.hashnode.dev/black-friday-readiness-what-a-load-test-covers-and-what-to-plan-next?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Oct 7](https://hashnode.com/posts/black-friday-readiness-what-a-load-test-covers-and-what-to-plan-next/6ac63deec8328ff8513b2358) ### [SSLHandshakeException: Remote Host Terminated the Handshake - A Kubernetes Debugging Story](https://pillars.hashnode.dev/sslhandshakeexception-kubernetes-shutdown-race?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Debugging intermittent SSLHandshakeException: when HPA scale-down races an AWS NLB 16 min read · [pillars.hashnode.dev](https://pillars.hashnode.dev/sslhandshakeexception-kubernetes-shutdown-race?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Aug 6](https://hashnode.com/posts/sslhandshakeexception-kubernetes-shutdown-race/6a74a327a9237b5dae07664e) ### [Migrating Ingress NGINX to Gateway API Without Downtime: A Practical Guide](https://pillars.hashnode.dev/migrate-ingress-nginx-to-gateway-api?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Choosing an implementation, running Ingress and Gateway API side by side, and getting pod shutdown timing right on AWS, GCP, and Azure 27 min read · [pillars.hashnode.dev](https://pillars.hashnode.dev/migrate-ingress-nginx-to-gateway-api?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/migrate-ingress-nginx-to-gateway-api/6a6b083ce34048fd11db48a4) [Jul 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/migrate-ingress-nginx-to-gateway-api/6a6b083ce34048fd11db48a4) ### [Kubernetes Cost Optimization: Why Your Cluster Is Overprovisioned](https://pillars.hashnode.dev/kubernetes-cost-optimization-why-your-cluster-is-overprovisioned?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How a number in a Helm chart becomes a node on your cloud bill. 12 min read · [pillars.hashnode.dev](https://pillars.hashnode.dev/kubernetes-cost-optimization-why-your-cluster-is-overprovisioned?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jul 17](https://hashnode.com/posts/kubernetes-cost-optimization-why-your-cluster-is-overprovisioned/6a59ed83e013c5e79f7c41a2) ### [The Toil Problem: When Operational Work Crowds Out Engineering](https://pillars.hashnode.dev/the-toil-problem-when-operational-work-crowds-out-engineering?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) The hidden operational load that slowly consumes engineering capacity, focus, and reliability 10 min read · [pillars.hashnode.dev](https://pillars.hashnode.dev/the-toil-problem-when-operational-work-crowds-out-engineering?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jun 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-toil-problem-when-operational-work-crowds-out-engineering/6a1d56379e9b5fdbfea055c9)