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Field notes from the cloud.
Case studies, deep dives, and engineering practice from the Ordinary Experts team.
AWS Summit New York 2026: What Matters for DevOps Teams
The New York Summit was heavy on agentic AI, as expected. Our take on which announcements actually change day-to-day work for teams running production workloads, and which are worth waiting out.
Verification Is the Bottleneck Now
A new Google whitepaper argues that generation stopped being the constraint on software delivery and verification became it. That matches what we see on client work. Here's the framework, what it gets right, and what it means when you're shipping infrastructure rather than demos.
Agent Toolkit for AWS: What Changed When We Installed It
AWS shipped the Agent Toolkit for AWS on May 6. It gives coding agents current AWS documentation, validated procedures, and IAM-level guardrails. Here's what it actually is, the setup step almost everyone misses, and where it still falls short.
Multi-Region Resilience: Patterns and Pitfalls
Multi-region architectures are more accessible than ever, but the operational and cost realities still surprise teams. Here are the patterns that work, the pitfalls that show up consistently, and a framework for deciding what level of multi-region you actually need.
Migrating from Heroku to AWS: A 2026 Playbook
An updated playbook for migrating Heroku applications to AWS, drawing on lessons from the Firstech migration and several engagements since. The mechanics have stabilized; the tradeoffs have shifted.
AI Agents in Your DevOps Workflow: What Actually Works
After a year of operating AI agents in DevOps workflows, we have a clearer picture of where they earn their keep and where they create more risk than value. Here's what's actually worked.
State of AWS DevOps, 2026 Edition
A year-ahead look at where AWS DevOps practice is heading: the patterns we expect to be standard by year-end, the ones that won't pan out, and what teams should invest in now.
re:Invent 2025: The DevOps Highlights
Our take on re:Invent 2025 - the announcements that matter for AWS DevOps teams heading into 2026, organized by the impact on day-to-day work.
re:Invent 2025 Preview: What We're Watching
A short preview of the announcement areas we expect to define re:Invent 2025, and the questions we'll be evaluating each one against.
What ECS Actually Costs: Real Numbers from Real Workloads
ECS pricing pages tell you the unit costs. They don't tell you what the bill actually looks like once a workload is running for a year. Here are anonymized numbers from three real client workloads, and the cost levers that mattered most.