Cloud Architecture, Explained Clearly
Cloud and Clear is written for engineers and architects who design, run and pay for cloud infrastructure in the real world. No vendor gloss, no recycled documentation: just practical guidance drawn from two decades of running hybrid cloud and datacentre platforms at enterprise scale.
You’ll find deep technical guides on Azure storage and Kubernetes, architecture thinking on cost, security and resilience, and honest writing about building a senior cloud career. Every Saturday, This Week in Cloud rounds up the news that actually matters, with analysis you won’t get from a press release.
New posts three to four times a week. Start with whatever problem is on your desk today.
- The Exit Cost Audit: Architecting for the EU Data Act’s Egress Fee Ban
- Your Warm Standby Is a Hypothesis, Not a Recovery Plan
- This Week in Cloud: What Cheaper AI Actually Costs You
- Is AI Coming for Your Cloud Job? What the UK Data Actually Shows
- Confidential Computing at Enterprise Scale: AWS Nitro Enclaves vs Azure Confidential VMs vs GCP Confidential Computing
- CPU Is the Wrong Signal for Most Autoscaling Policies
- This Week in Cloud: Trust Boundaries on the Move
- The Feedback Trap: Why Senior Cloud Engineers Stay Silent and How to Break the Pattern
- Kubernetes Chargeback Architecture: The Platform Team’s Guide to Internal Cost Allocation That Actually Works
