Cloud Architecture, Explained Clearly
Cloud and Clear is written for engineers and architects who design, run and pay for cloud infrastructure in the real world. No vendor gloss, no recycled documentation: just practical guidance drawn from two decades of running hybrid cloud and datacentre platforms at enterprise scale.
You’ll find deep technical guides on Azure storage and Kubernetes, architecture thinking on cost, security and resilience, and honest writing about building a senior cloud career. Every Saturday, This Week in Cloud rounds up the news that actually matters, with analysis you won’t get from a press release.
New posts three to four times a week. Start with whatever problem is on your desk today.
- CPU Is the Wrong Signal for Most Autoscaling Policies
- This Week in Cloud: Trust Boundaries on the Move
- The Feedback Trap: Why Senior Cloud Engineers Stay Silent and How to Break the Pattern
- Kubernetes Chargeback Architecture: The Platform Team’s Guide to Internal Cost Allocation That Actually Works
- Your Database Connection Pool Is an Architectural Decision
- This Week in Cloud: Second-Generation Agents Ship While the First Generation Retires
- The Scope Trap: How Unclear Projects Cap Cloud Careers
- Kubernetes Gateway API: The Ingress Replacement That’s Ready for Production
- Log Retention Is a Risk Decision, Not a Storage Decision
