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Architecture & Methods

A Practical Guide to a High-Velocity Software Development Lifecycle

9 de March de 202614 de July de 2026 Cristóbal

Introduction Managing the full Software Development Lifecycle across a Node.js/Express backend, a Next.js frontend, and a self-hosted Proxmox homelab has given me a very concrete

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Automation & Tooling

From Bash Scripts to Control Loops: The Evolution of DevOps Automation

7 de March de 202614 de July de 2026 Cristóbal

Introduction Running a Proxmox homelab alongside production Node.js services has made one thing clear to me: the gap between writing application code and managing infrastructure

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Containers & Kubernetes

Building Production-Grade Docker Images: Multi-Stage Builds, Layers, and Security

5 de March de 202614 de July de 2026 Cristóbal

Introduction When I first started containerizing my Node.js and Express services — both for client projects and for workloads running on my Proxmox homelab —

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Architecture & Methods

A Monolith-to-Microservices Migration Playbook

3 de March de 202614 de July de 2026 Cristóbal

Why Monolith Migrations Go Wrong Having spent years wiring together Node.js services behind an Express gateway — and having watched PM2 restart loops cascade through

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Cloud & Scalability

Platform Engineering, FinOps, and Sovereign Cloud: How Infrastructure Is Shifting

28 de February de 202614 de July de 2026 Cristóbal

Introduction Running a Proxmox homelab and managing containerized Node.js services with Docker and PM2 has given me a hands-on appreciation for how quickly infrastructure complexity

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Observability & Performance

Observability for Node.js in Production: Metrics, Structured Logs, and Alerts That Matter

27 de February de 202614 de July de 2026 Cristóbal

Introduction Running a Node.js API in production — whether behind PM2 on a bare-metal Proxmox VM or inside a Docker container orchestrated with Compose —

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Observability & Performance

OpenTelemetry, AIOps, and eBPF: Where Observability Is Heading

23 de February de 202614 de July de 2026 Cristóbal

Introduction When I first set up monitoring for my Node.js services running behind PM2, I thought checking whether the process was alive was enough. It

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Automation & Tooling

Replacing the All-in-One DevOps Platform: ArgoCD, Vault, and a Best-of-Breed Stack

21 de February de 202614 de July de 2026 Cristóbal

Introduction Running a Proxmox homelab that hosts a growing collection of Docker containers and Node.js services has given me a front-row seat to exactly the

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Architecture & Methods

Microservices Architecture in Practice: Bounded Contexts, Communication, and Resilience

21 de February de 202614 de July de 2026 Cristóbal

Introduction When I started breaking apart a monolithic Express application into smaller services on my Proxmox homelab, I quickly learned that the architectural diagram on

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Containers & Kubernetes

WebAssembly at the Edge: What Wasm Changes for the DevOps Pipeline

20 de February de 202614 de July de 2026 Cristóbal

Introduction Running a Proxmox homelab and shipping Node.js services to production has made me acutely aware of how much overhead we accept as normal —

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