Deployment Orchestration for Multi-Environment EKS

Deployment Orchestration for Multi-Environment EKS: ArgoCD, GitOps, and When Octopus Deploy Wins This article is about deploying containerized applications across multiple environments — dev EKS, prod EKS, »

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Click Bombing and Edge Defense

Online advertising relies on genuine user engagement, but malicious actors sometimes exploit this system through click bombing. This sophisticated form of click fraud can drain advertising »

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Octopus Deploy on AWS

This article will help with your understanding of Octopus Deploy, EKS, IRSA/Pod Identity, and Cross-Account IAM Roles. If you're coming from Azure, you're used to »

Andy Potanin Resume v2025

ANDY POTANIN Enterprise Business Transformation Leader with Proven Security & Growth Expertise Research Triangle Park, NC, USA LinkedIn | GitHub | DockerHub | NPM | udx.io | andypotanin.com Enterprise »

Jumping into Dev at a Software Enterprise

As an experienced developer who now guides others on their journeys, I understand that getting started can be intimidating. Even for seasoned professionals, the process can »

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Developing Lifecycles: A Comprehensive Cheatsheet

Developing lifecycles can be a challenging yet essential aspect of successful production deployment. Thorough planning, management, and stakeholder collaboration yield smooth project progress and minimize issues. »

Little's Law Applied to DevOps

Little's Law is an equation that states: Lead Time equals Work in Progress divided by throughput. The equation suggests that if you increase the throughput or »

Service-Based Business Pricing Strategies

A successful service-based business often relies on diversified pricing strategies to meet the needs of various clients and projects. While hourly billing remains a common choice, »

Spreading Democracy with Stuxnet

In 2007, I had the privilege of spreading democracy by participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom. I was a corporal that was lucky enough to get pulled »

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