Project updates, technical deep-dives, and architecture decisions.
Integrated OpenTelemetry across all services in the Cloud Migration Platform. We're now collecting traces end-to-end from the API gateway down to the database layer.
After years of pushing for 80% coverage, I've changed my mind. Here's the reasoning that got me there.
Shipped three new Backstage plugins for our IDP: automated environment provisioning, cost dashboards, and a service dependency graph.
Moved rate limiting logic from a sidecar service into an Envoy WASM filter, cutting tail latency by 60% and simplifying the deployment topology.