Technical Guides forInfrastructure Engineers
HAProxy, Traefik, NGINX, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure — written by engineers who run these in production daily.
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What is HAProxy? Architecture, How It Works & Setup Guide (2025)
HAProxy powers GitHub, Twitter, and Airbnb. This guide explains exactly how it works — with ACLs, health checks, and working config examples.
HAProxy Security Hardening: DDoS Protection, SSL & Rate Limiting (2025 Checklist)
Step-by-step HAProxy security guide with DDoS mitigation via stick tables, TLS 1.3 enforcement, rate limiting, bot blocking, and a 15-point checklist.
HAProxy Load Balancing: Complete Production Setup Guide (2025)
Load balancing algorithms, advanced health checks, sticky sessions, high availability with Keepalived, and performance tuning — with config examples for every scenario.
Traefik vs NGINX: Honest Benchmark & Comparison for 2025
Head-to-head benchmarks at 10K–50K RPS. Performance, Kubernetes support, SSL handling, and config complexity compared with our honest recommendation.
HAProxy Rate Limiting: Complete Configuration Guide with Stick Tables (2025)
Everything about HAProxy rate limiting: connection limits, per-IP HTTP request limiting, endpoint-specific limits, auto-banning, and production-ready config.
HAProxy SSL Termination with Let's Encrypt: Step-by-Step Setup (2025)
Set up free HTTPS on HAProxy with Let's Encrypt certificates, auto-renewal, TLS 1.3, HTTP/2, and OCSP stapling. Complete setup in under 20 minutes.
How to Build an MVP Fast Without Cutting Corners (2025)
Speed and quality aren't mutually exclusive. A practical framework for shipping your MVP in 4–8 weeks without the technical debt that kills startups later.
DevOps Best Practices for Early-Stage Startups (2025 Guide)
The 6 DevOps practices that give startups the biggest ROI — CI/CD, IaC, monitoring, environment parity, backups, and security. For teams of 2–10 engineers.
Scaling Cloud Infrastructure After Your MVP Launch (2025 Guide)
Your MVP is live and users are coming. A practical guide to scaling cloud infrastructure without over-engineering — CDN, caching, horizontal scaling, and database optimization.
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