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Practical writing on cloud architecture, delivery strategy, observability, performance, and engineering execution.
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Deploy AI agents that manage real AWS infrastructure. An AWS architect explains production operations automation in client-owned accounts without vendor lock-in.
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Patterns for reliable cloud systems, platform foundations, and environment strategy.
Delivery systems, deployment pipelines, and operational design for scaling teams.
Cloud cost strategy, operational controls, and sustainable spend management.
Articles dealing with Payload CMS, an open-source next.js-based CMS platform that I use extensively in production.
Latest Posts
Fresh takes from active client delivery and platform engineering work.
How Fine’s Gallery replaced a 20-year FileMaker invoicing system: 28,062 records migrated, zero duplicates, zero downtime, and a platform-native workflow.
How the open-source Payload CMS Google Merchant Center plugin synchronizes a 5,400-product catalog supporting six-figure monthly Shopping volume.
How the open-source Payload CMS GA4 plugin delivers cached reporting, rate limiting, and production analytics for a custom commerce platform.
How Fine’s Gallery turned a 5,400-product catalog into a Google Shopping demand engine for a custom high-ticket ecommerce platform.
When standard SaaS checkout stops fitting high-ticket sales—and how to evaluate custom quotes, deposits, payment rails, workflow ownership, and AWS.
A practical architecture for luxury and high-ticket brands that need to own ecommerce workflows, data, integrations, and AWS infrastructure.
