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Cloud
Articles and guides about Cloud.
How to Cut Your AWS Bill Without Sacrificing Performance
Practical strategies to reduce your AWS spending by 30-50%, right sizing, reserved instances, storage optimization, and the quick wins most teams miss.
How to Handle Database Migrations Without Downtime
Learn how to run database migrations without downtime using expand and contract patterns, backward compatible changes, and zero downtime deployment strategies.
Database Backup Strategy That Actually Works
A proven database backup strategy covering automated snapshots, offsite replication, and tested restores. Stop gambling with your business data.
Disaster Recovery for Startups: A Plan You Will Actually Follow
A practical disaster recovery plan for startups. Covers database backups, infrastructure failover, incident response, and the minimum viable plan you should have before launch.
Zero Downtime Deployments: How to Ship Without Downtime
A practical guide to zero downtime deployments for web applications. Covers blue green, rolling, and canary strategies with real implementation details.
File Upload Architecture: From Browser to Storage
How to build a file upload system that handles large files, multiple formats, and high concurrency. Covers signed URLs, chunked uploads, processing pipelines, and storage architecture.
Understanding SLAs, Uptime, and the Nines
What does 99.9% uptime really mean? Learn how SLAs work, what the nines cost, and how to set realistic uptime targets for your software product.
Vendor Lock In: How to Avoid Getting Trapped by Your Tech Choices
Vendor lock in quietly increases costs and limits your options. Learn how to identify lock in risks, evaluate tech choices strategically, and keep control of your product.
Migrating from Heroku to Modern Hosting Platforms
Practical guide to migrating off Heroku. Covers alternatives like Railway, Render, Fly.io, and Vercel with step by step migration strategies and cost comparisons.
Migrating from Firebase to Supabase: A Practical Guide
Step by step guide to migrating from Firebase to Supabase. Covers Firestore to PostgreSQL, Firebase Auth to Supabase Auth, Cloud Functions to Edge Functions, and more.
Moving from On Premise Software to the Cloud: A Practical Migration Guide
How to migrate on premise software to the cloud without disrupting your business. Covers infrastructure, data, security, and cost planning for a successful transition.
Your Hosting Bill Tripled: How to Optimize Without a Full Migration
Practical strategies to reduce cloud hosting costs by 40 to 70 percent without rearchitecting your entire application or switching providers.
How Much Does Cloud Hosting Cost for a Growing Startup?
Real cloud hosting costs from $0 to $10K per month as you scale. What to expect at each stage and how to avoid the bill shock that kills margins.