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Thoughts on cloud, DevOps, AWS, and building things.
One GPU runs a local LLM and Flux that write, illustrate, and route content across 3 brand blogs and 5 social accounts — for about $5/month, with a human gate on every post.
After years with WordPress, I rebuilt using Next.js and serverless AWS to maintain control and simplify infrastructure.
How cloud infrastructure analysis and automation reduced compute costs by 13-19% while improving performance.
Reducing EC2/ECS deployment risk by automating secure golden image rotations across infrastructure.
Enterprise security upgrades: SSDLC compliance, OKTA integration, and protecting EC2/ECS clusters.
Designing Prophet actuarial data workflows: DynamoDB, Step Functions, and serverless architecture.
Five years of infrastructure management: When IaC saves money, prevents headaches, and makes deployments predictable.
Challenges and wins: Converting legacy .NET Framework applications to serverless Lambda for improved cost and scalability.