Ecs
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.
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.
ECS, EKS, or Lambda in 2025: A Decision Framework
The 2020-era heuristics for choosing between ECS, EKS, and Lambda no longer hold. Fargate pricing has changed, ECS has closed feature gaps with EKS, and Lambda's payload limits keep loosening. Here's how we think about the choice today.