01Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Almost Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 years
A tech leader reflects on four years of infrastructure decisions for a scaling startup. Key endorsements include AWS, EKS, RDS, and GitOps for stability and customer focus. Regrets involve EKS managed addons, Datadog's pricing, and shared databases. Recommendations emphasize simplicity, automated post-mortems, and early adoption of identity platforms like Okta.
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