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Ansible explained in plain language through a real repository that sets up eight servers for an online shop, with 11 draw.io diagrams. No coding needed.
25 min read
Every AWS VPC feature explained in plain language, with draw.io diagrams of a real multi-zone network: subnets, gateways, routes, firewalls, endpoints and logs.
27 min read
How caching works at every layer of a Next.js site, from browser to database: SSG, ISR, a cross-replica page cache and image optimisation, with real numbers.
16 min read
What SSG and ISR are, why jithendar.com's pages had quietly become fully dynamic, and how a custom ISR cache made them static again across replicas.
9 min read
How we replaced four Redis pods with one shared, highly available Valkey on Minikube: Sentinel, HAProxy, per-app ACLs, Istio mTLS, Terraform and an FAQ.
22 min read
The real dependabot.yml files behind jithendar.com, MOKS, RoboShop AI and my infra repos: grouping, cooldowns, ignores, security updates and an FAQ.
16 min read
Istio on Minikube: architecture, a Bookinfo lab, an Istio gateway as the only edge, STRICT mTLS for the whole mesh, dry-run authorization and real fixes.
22 min read
Eight areas where engineering teams make the decisions that matter most right now.
Systems the editor has built, and how they work.
MOKS investigates production problems with live Kubernetes, Prometheus and Loki evidence, keeping observed facts apart from suspected causes.
5 min read
How this site works - Next.js on Minikube with PostgreSQL, Redis, Cloudflare R2, built-in admin, audit log, encrypted backups and full observability.
10 min read
A polyglot microservices store - TypeScript, Python, Java - with an AI shopping assistant, MCP tools and full observability, deployed with Argo CD.
1 min read
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Writes and edits Jithendar.com and builds the systems behind it, including RoboShop AI, a public microservices storefront with an AI shopping assistant, deployed on Kubernetes.