AI
Decision models
Jev vs Laya
Jev vs Laya for UK tech leads: when to call TypeSafe's hosted decision API and when to self-host the open-weight Laya model on your own infrastructure.
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4 min read
Eight Mile · Writing
Articles on Infrastructure
Engineering notes, write-ups and the occasional opinion.
Backups
Disaster recovery
Backup restore test
A backup restore test proves copies work on a clock you can live with. Untested backups are hope with a green tick.
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3 min read
Infrastructure
Cloud
Moving off the server under the desk
Moving off the server under the desk: stage a move to managed hosting or cloud you own — without a big-bang rewrite.
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3 min read
Infrastructure
Cloud
Cloud bill went up and nobody can say why
Cloud bill went up and nobody can say why: usually orphaned resources, missing tags, or one shared account. Fix ownership first.
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3 min read
Infrastructure
Cloud
One person knows how to deploy it
If one person knows how to deploy it, you have a person, not a process. Fix ownership, access, and a path the team can run.
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3 min read
Terraform
Infrastructure
When you need Terraform (and when you don’t)
When you need Terraform (and when you don’t): honest triggers for IaC vs console, scripts, or managed PaaS.
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3 min read
AWS
Infrastructure
AWS vs managed hosting for a small SaaS
AWS vs managed hosting for a small SaaS: when simple platforms fit, and when owned cloud, IAM and infra in git win.
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3 min read
Infrastructure
AWS CDK Infrastructure
How infrastructure as code with AWS CDK improves delivery, governance, scalability, and long-term cloud maintainability.
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7 min read
Infrastructure
Terraform Basics
Learn how Terraform turns infrastructure into repeatable code, from providers and state to planning safe changes.
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2 min read
Infrastructure
What is DevOps?
Bridging the Gap Between Development and Operations for Faster, Reliable Software Delivery
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4 min read