Cloud
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No, You Don't Need a Service Mesh
Service meshes like Istio or Linkerd promise advanced traffic management, mutual TLS, and observability for microservices. In reality, they add massive networking complexity, consume significant CPU and RAM, and make debugging network issues a nightmare. Keep your cluster networking simple.
Serverless is a Scam (and the Cloud Providers Know It)
Serverless computing promised to eliminate server management and lower costs by charging only for actual execution time. Instead, it delivered vendor lock-in, cold-start latency, database connection bottlenecks, and sky-high bills for consistent traffic workloads. A standard VPS remains the pragmatic choice.
Kubernetes is the Ultimate Developer Money Pit for Startups
Startups are adopting Kubernetes because Big Tech does. In doing so, they inherit massive complexity, exorbitant cloud bills, and dedicated infrastructure team requirements before they even have product-market fit. You probably just need a single VPS.
Solved: Are You Building in Your Own Workspace or Making Clients Set Up Their Own?
This article details three deployment strategies – Managed Service/SaaS, Containerized Delivery/PaaS, and Raw Code/Package Delivery – to address DevOps dilemmas and optimize software delivery.