Nearshore Platform Notes
How we build and run cloud-native platforms and AI infrastructure for US teams. Real numbers, real configs, anonymized clients.
Stop deploying :latest: immutable image tags with Git SHAs
Tag images with the Git commit SHA, make the registry refuse overwrites, promote one image from dev to prod, and roll back with git revert.
Running an MCP gateway on Kubernetes for AI agents
One front door for AI agents: MCP servers behind a Kubernetes gateway with auth, per-tool authorization, session routing and a per-call audit log.
Zero-downtime datacenter to AWS: golden AMIs, DMS, Direct Connect
How we moved a recruitment platform’s ~40-instance .NET fleet and databases from an Ireland datacenter to multi-account AWS with a zero-downtime cutover.
GitOps with ArgoCD: zero config drift across multi-cloud Kubernetes
ArgoCD on a multi-cloud AI agent platform: app-of-apps, versioned Helm charts from GitHub Actions, selfHeal and prune, and what zero drift actually required.
FinOps audit of 737 hosts: the script, the buckets, the savings
How we inventoried 737 hosts across three clouds, sorted them into four buckets, and found the savings before buying a single Savings Plan.