Archives
All the articles I've archived.
2026 3
March 1
What Istio, OIDC, and STS Taught Me About Trust
Published: at 12:00 AMA practical look at an identity-first access pattern across Istio, OIDC, and STS for zero-trust platform and security engineering.
February 2
AWS "Pending" States Are a Blueprint for Async Deployments
Published: at 03:00 PMTwo AWS provisioning patterns (ACM PENDING_VALIDATION and RDS waiters) that quietly teach the shape of a good async deployment system.
Terraform Modules from First Principles: Deterministic, Declarative, Idempotent
Published: at 04:20 PMA first-principles way to design Terraform modules: make them deterministic, declarative, and idempotent—unless you have a good reason not to.
2025 1
January 1
VPN Not Working? Here's How MTU and Protocol Settings Can Fix It
Published: at 07:18 PMA practical guide to fixing VPN packet fragmentation issues in 5G mobile networks through MTU optimization, based on a real-world troubleshooting case.