All of my long-form thoughts on software development, platform engineering, technology, leadership and more. I write about the things I’m learning, the things I’m building and the things I’m thinking about. I hope you find them useful.
Moving away from per-repository GitHub Secrets, I self-hosted Infisical and rebuilt how my projects authenticate to it, using OIDC-issued, short-lived credentials scoped per application instead of static tokens sitting in CI.
I'd never touched Kubernetes before FlipLytics needed a real production platform. Here's how I taught myself Helm charts, real cluster networking, and workload isolation by building the thing itself, not by following a tutorial.
A backup you've never restored isn't a backup, it's a hope. Here's how I built an AES-GCM encrypted, tiered PostgreSQL backup and restore pipeline for FlipLytics, and why I insisted on testing the restore path, not just the backup.
Discover how I built FlipLytics, a SaaS platform for eBay sellers, from the ground up. Learn about the tech stack, challenges faced, and lessons learned along the way.