KDkalyan dahakeinaekshant.hashnode.dev·2d ago · 4 min readI Built a Prefix-Cache-Aware LLM Gateway in Go — And Reduced TTFT by 90%Most backend engineers treat LLM inference like standard microservices. You stand up an Nginx or AWS ALB round-robin load balancer, spin up multiple GPU workers running vLLM, Triton, or Ollama, and di00
MTMuhammad Tahirinmtdeveloper.hashnode.dev·6d ago · 13 min readInfrastructure as Code Best Practices: Terraform State Management, Modular Cloud, and Automated Drift DetectionThis article was originally published on Muhammad Tahir's Portfolio. Introduction & Industry Context In the modern cloud-native ecosystem, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has transitioned from an operati00
TCThankGod Chibugwum Oboboinactocodes.hashnode.dev·Sep 24 · 14 min readInternal Developer Platforms: How to Build a Golden Path for Your Engineering TeamEvery engineering organization above a certain size develops the same invisible problem. Some teams ship confidently and fast, deploying multiple times a day, spinning up new services without friction00
GSGavin Saturinblog.cybergav.in·Sep 21 · 14 min readOne Storage Service, Two Operating Models: Bringing NFS, SMB, and S3 Under AutomationFor years, enterprise storage was delivered through a familiar process: an administrator opened a management interface, created a filesystem or bucket, configured access, and handed the result to an a00
SPSruthi Palleinsruthipalle.hashnode.dev·Sep 19 · 8 min readProduction-Grade Terraform (Part 13) — Dynamic Lookups & Shared Infrastructure with Data Sources1. Data Sources in Terraform 1.1. The Role and Necessity of Data Sources In traditional Terraform workflows, provisioning a resource such as an EC2 instance requires specific identifiers, such as an A00
JTJAY TANKinjaytank.hashnode.dev·Sep 18 · 9 min readGrade the golden path: an offline production-readiness scorecard for any repo Every platform team eventually writes the same document. It has a title like "Definition of Done for a Service" or "Production Readiness Review," and it lists the things a repo needs before anyone wil00
SPSruthi Palleinsruthipalle.hashnode.dev·Sep 16 · 6 min readProduction-Grade Terraform (Part 12) — Conditionals, Dynamic Blocks, and Splat Expressions1. Conditional Expressions Conditional expressions allow for logic-based configuration, enabling different values to be assigned depending on a specified condition. This is particularly useful for env00
SPSruthi Palleinsruthipalle.hashnode.dev·Sep 15 · 8 min readProduction-Grade Terraform (Part 11) —Built-In Functions, Validations, and Dynamic ConfigurationsFunctional Definition and Logic In Terraform, functions are used to transform data, perform calculations, and manipulate strings or collections during the infrastructure provisioning process. Whereas,00
SPSruthi Palleinsruthipalle.hashnode.dev·Sep 14 · 8 min readProduction-Grade Terraform (Part 10) —Advanced Lifecycle Rules: Safeguards, Zero Downtime, and ValidationTerraform lifecycle rules are meta-arguments used to override the default behaviour of how Terraform manages resources during creation, updates, and destruction. These rules are essential for enhancin00
GEGeorge Ezejioforingeorgeezejiofor.com·Sep 13 · 26 min readHarden & Lockdown RKE2 Cluster with a 4-Layer DevSecOps StackIntroduction Before you move furniture into a new house, you install the locks, the cameras, and the gates. Kubernetes is no different, yet engineers constantly build clusters inside-out, treating sec00