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Technical Articles

Practical guides on autoscaling, cost optimization, and container orchestration. Written for engineers who build and run production infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes.

Autoscaling​

ECS Autoscaling Best Practices That Actually Work​

Target tracking, step scaling, and queue-based scaling - when to use each, how to configure cooldowns, and the mistakes we see teams make most often.

Queue-Based Autoscaling on AWS​

How to autoscale ECS and Lambda services based on queue depth from SQS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and Redis. Includes real config examples and the scaling formula.

Kubernetes HPA vs KEDA - Which Autoscaler Should You Use?​

A practical comparison of the built-in Horizontal Pod Autoscaler and KEDA. When to use each, configuration examples, and rough edges to watch for.

Cost Optimization​

How to Reduce AWS ECS Costs Without Sacrificing Performance​

Strategies to cut ECS spending by 30-50% - right-sizing, Fargate Spot, Graviton, autoscaling optimization, and container efficiency.

Architecture​

Why Choose Fargate + AWS Autoscaling Instead of EKS with EC2?​

Trade-offs between Fargate with autoscaling and EKS on EC2. Infrastructure management, costs, deployment simplicity, and when EKS makes more sense.