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Articles

Felix Hartmann

Why I Prefer GitOps for Small Teams

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

A practical argument for GitOps when team size, review capacity, and operational time are limited.

Too many systems. Not enough places to document them.

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Practical engineering perspectives on systems, delivery, and the habits that make reliable work possible.

Technical investigations, benchmarks, and evidence-backed explorations of engineering trade-offs.

Inside the architecture, decisions, and delivery outcomes behind complex engineering work.

Clear, reproducible walkthroughs for building, operating, and improving production systems.

Short technical observations, patterns, and lessons collected from hands-on work.

Field notes from ongoing experiments, infrastructure work, and systems under construction.

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"Ren's Publications started as a place for me to document my activities. I needed somewhere to put everything I could not stop doing."
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Too many systems. Not enough places to document them.

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Laptop-based engineering workspace

Articles

Yara Amin

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Why I Prefer GitOps for Small Teams

A practical argument for GitOps when team size, review capacity, and operational time are limited.

Laptop-based engineering workspace

Articles

Yara Amin

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Why I Prefer GitOps for Small Teams

A practical argument for GitOps when team size, review capacity, and operational time are limited.

Engineer working at a laptop

Papers

Yara Amin

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Evaluating Kubernetes Autoscaling Strategies Under Bursty Loads

A small benchmark comparing HPA signals, queue depth, and stabilization windows under controlled traffic bursts.

Engineer working at a laptop

Papers

Yara Amin

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Evaluating Kubernetes Autoscaling Strategies Under Bursty Loads

A small benchmark comparing HPA signals, queue depth, and stabilization windows under controlled traffic bursts.

Software development monitor and keyboard

Case Studies

Yara Amin

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Building a Multi-Region Game Platform Across Three Continents

How we designed latency budgets, failover drills, and release coordination for a global game platform.

Software development monitor and keyboard

Case Studies

Yara Amin

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Building a Multi-Region Game Platform Across Three Continents

How we designed latency budgets, failover drills, and release coordination for a global game platform.

Development workstation screen

Guides

Yara Amin

Monday, August 17, 2026

Setting Up Argo CD With Terraform From Scratch

A reproducible setup for bootstrapping Argo CD, repository access, and application delivery through Terraform.

Development workstation screen

Guides

Yara Amin

Monday, August 17, 2026

Setting Up Argo CD With Terraform From Scratch

A reproducible setup for bootstrapping Argo CD, repository access, and application delivery through Terraform.

Blue network cables and infrastructure

Notes

Yara Amin

Sunday, August 16, 2026

TIL: Why My Prometheus Histogram Was Lying

A short note on bucket boundaries, aggregation, and the misleading percentile that started the investigation.

Blue network cables and infrastructure

Notes

Yara Amin

Sunday, August 16, 2026

TIL: Why My Prometheus Histogram Was Lying

A short note on bucket boundaries, aggregation, and the misleading percentile that started the investigation.

Network connections and server wiring

Logs

Yara Amin

Saturday, August 15, 2026

Building My Own Deployment Platform — Part 03

A progress report on queued releases, health gates, and the operational decisions behind the third milestone.

Network connections and server wiring

Logs

Yara Amin

Saturday, August 15, 2026

Building My Own Deployment Platform — Part 03

A progress report on queued releases, health gates, and the operational decisions behind the third milestone.

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