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Technical guides on DevOps, infrastructure, and tooling

• Architecture · Microservices 115 min read
  August 30, 2026

  Microservices from Zero: Architectures, Trade-offs, and Migration

  Technical path from architecture foundations to Domain-Driven Design boundaries, sagas/outbox, design anti-patterns, and a full transactional commerce design with a phased first-cut plan.

• Compose · Kubernetes · Nomad
  August 29, 2026

  Container & Orchestration Decision Guide

  Compose, Swarm, Kubernetes, Nomad, PaaS, managed containers — or no containers. Ranked recommendation from practical questions.

• Varnish · WordPress · Docker 75 min read
  August 30, 2026

  Varnish Cache + WordPress/WooCommerce on Docker: Beginner to Production

  Add Varnish 7.x to Nginx/PHP-FPM/MariaDB without moving TLS — WooCommerce-safe VCL, purge/ban, grace, testing, and full Compose configs.

• MariaDB · Performance 50 min read
  June 29, 2026

  MariaDB Performance Tuning for Production: Memory, InnoDB, I/O, Docker

  Complete DevOps guide — buffer pool, redo log, connections, formulas, and production my.cnf.

• Vault · Laravel · Traefik 95 min read
  December 15, 2025

  HashiCorp Vault + Laravel: Layers, Methodologies, and Parameters

  End-to-end bootstrap, split-server topology, KV layout for multi-Redis, secret migration, Vault Agent + Octane, startup order, backup drill, AppRole production bootstrap.

• MariaDB · HA · Scale-Out 50 min read
  September 17, 2024

  Scale Out MariaDB from Docker: Replication, ProxySQL, MaxScale, Galera & Keepalived

  From one container to production scale-out — async replicas, multi-host networking, ProxySQL, MaxScale, Galera, Keepalived VIP, and failover playbooks.

• Docker · Networking 25 min read
  November 8, 2022

  Docker Network MTU Tuning: Defaults, Diagnosis, and Production Configuration

  Bridge MTU, VPN scenarios, MSS formulas, and fixing slow TLS and mystery timeouts.

• Docker · Logging 35 min read
  July 22, 2022

  Docker Logging Driver Tuning: Defaults, Formulas, and Disk-Safe Configuration

  Rotation formulas, daemon.json, shipping to Loki/ELK/Fluent Bit, and step-by-step production setup.

• iptables · Docker · Security 45 min read
  May 19, 2022

  iptables on Docker Hosts: Complete Firewall Guide from Zero to Production

  Remove UFW, understand tables and chains, DOCKER-USER, production rules, and iptables-persistent.

• Nginx · Docker 25 min read
  March 14, 2022

  Nginx on Docker: Complete Guide with Defaults, Formulas, and Real Calculations

  From zero to production — every directive explained with defaults, formulas, and step-by-step calculations.

• SSH · Security · 2FA 20 min read
  September 18, 2021

  How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication for SSH

  TOTP with libpam-google-authenticator — SSH key + 2FA, PAM/sshd config, safe rollout, and troubleshooting.