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Cloud & DevOps

Articles on running production infrastructure: cloud costs, container platforms, and when complex tooling is worth adopting.

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Cloud & DevOps at a glance

Cloud and DevOps work covers how software is built, deployed and run: infrastructure, automated build and release pipelines, container platforms, and the practices that keep production reliable.

Two questions come up for most growing teams — whether a platform such as Kubernetes is worth its operational cost yet, and how to keep a cloud bill under control as usage grows.

FAQ

Cloud & DevOps: key questions

Short answers to common questions in this area.

What is DevOps?

A set of practices that bring development and operations together: automating builds, tests and deployments, managing infrastructure as code, and monitoring systems in production.

Does every company need Kubernetes?

No. Smaller workloads are often served well by managed container or platform services. Kubernetes becomes worthwhile as the number of services, teams and operational requirements grows.

Do you need Kubernetes?

Where should a startup start with cloud cost optimization?

With visibility: see what each service costs, remove unused resources, right-size what remains, and only then commit to longer-term discounts.

A 7-day cloud cost audit

Does Drasken Labs manage cloud infrastructure?

Yes — cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, containers and ongoing operations for production systems.

Cloud & DevOps