Kubernetes, where it fits.
Production Kubernetes with the operational discipline most teams underestimate — or, where it's the wrong answer, the simpler thing that works. Plus the internal developer platforms that make engineers faster.
The problem we solve
Kubernetes is the default answer to a question many companies shouldn't be asking. Done well it's a foundation that scales for years. Done badly it's a tax on every engineer for the rest of the company's life. We've operated production clusters at scale and we've also told plenty of teams to stick with Fly, Railway or ECS — whichever truth fits your case.
What we ship
- 01Production Kubernetes on EKS, GKE, AKS or self-managed
- 02Cluster design: node pools, autoscaling, networking, ingress
- 03GitOps with Argo CD or Flux
- 04Workload migration onto Kubernetes done safely
- 05Internal developer platforms with Backstage, port, opinionated tooling
- 06Service mesh where it actually solves a problem
- 07Multi-cluster, multi-region deployments
- 08Cost-aware cluster sizing and bin-packing
- 09Operators for stateful workloads
- 10Honest assessment of when Kubernetes is the wrong tool
What you receive
- Production cluster with documented operational model
- GitOps repository as the source of truth
- Runbooks for the failure modes specific to your cluster
- Onboarding documentation for engineers new to Kubernetes
Stack we reach for
Ideal for
- → Companies whose Kubernetes setup grew faster than understanding
- → Teams adopting Kubernetes and wanting to start from a solid baseline
- → Engineering organizations building an internal developer platform
- → Companies needing an honest assessment of whether Kubernetes is right
How an engagement runs
- 01
Cluster audit
Networking, security, cost, operational maturity. Written report.
- 02
Target state
Cluster design, GitOps model, secrets and observability — designed for your team's operational maturity.
- 03
Migration / build
Phased migration of workloads onto the new platform, or greenfield build.
- 04
Operate
On-call rotation, observability tuning, documentation handoff to your team.
How to engage
Kubernetes Audit
Cluster review with prioritized findings and cost projection.
Platform Build
Production platform built or rebuilt with documentation and operational maturity.
Platform Operate
Retained platform engineering for clusters that need senior care.
Frequently asked.
01Do we actually need Kubernetes?
Most companies under 50 engineers don't. Fly, Railway, Render or ECS will cover you for years with less operational tax. We'll tell you when Kubernetes is genuinely warranted.
02Service mesh?
Only when you have a specific problem it solves. For most teams, the operational cost outweighs the benefit. We'll discuss honestly.
Have a problem worth solving well?
Tell us the outcome you want. We'll tell you what it takes — honestly, within a week, in writing.
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