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Serverless Is Not Cheaper by Default (Fri, 13 Feb 2026)
The pitch is clean: you pay only for what you use. No servers idling at 3 a.m., burning cash. No capacity planning. Just functions that appear when needed and disappear when done. Serverless feels like the ideal everyone was waiting for — and sometimes it actually is. Then the bill shows up. A developer I know — an experienced guy, not some junior making rookie mistakes — built what looked like a simple proof of concept. AWS Bedrock knowledge base, OpenSearch Serverless backend. Nothing fancy. A few LLM queries, maybe 2 GB of PDFs uploaded for testing. He was expecting maybe twenty or thirty bucks. The invoice came back at over $200. He spent an hour just staring at the line items, trying to figure out what happened. No error, no hack. Just the way it works.
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A Developer-Centric Cloud Architecture Framework (DCAF) for Enterprise Platforms (Thu, 12 Feb 2026)
Enterprise-class cloud systems seldom fail because of infrastructure constraints; rather, problems arise when architectural vision cannot scale to match the scale of the business. With the increasing use of the cloud by various teams, geographic locations, and business units, certain recurring scenarios emerge:
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Mastering Postback Tracking and S2S Conversion Tracking (Thu, 12 Feb 2026)
Accurate conversion tracking is the backbone of any high-performing affiliate or partner marketing program. Postback tracking, also known as server-to-server (S2S) tracking, offers a privacy-friendly, robust way to record conversions without relying on client-side pixels.  This article explains what postback and S2S tracking are, how they work, why they matter, and how to implement, troubleshoot, and choose platforms that support them.
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AWS Bedrock Knowledge Bases: Comparing S3 Vector Store, OpenSearch, PostgreSQL, and Neptune for Cost and Performance (Thu, 12 Feb 2026)
Since July 15, 2025, AWS has added support for S3 vector stores for Bedrock knowledge bases, allowing for seamless storage and retrieval of embeddings for RAG workflows. Currently, it supports multiple stores: AWS-Managed Non AWS-Managed OpenSearch MongoDB Atlas S3 vector store Pinecone PostgreSQL Redis Enterprise Cloud Neptune
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DevOps Cafe Podcast

DevOps Cafe Ep 79 - Guests: Joseph Jacks and Ben Kehoe (Mon, 13 Aug 2018)
Triggered by Google Next 2018, John and Damon chat with Joseph Jacks (stealth startup) and Ben Kehoe (iRobot) about their public disagreements — and agreements — about Kubernetes and Serverless. 
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DevOps Cafe Ep 78 - Guest: J. Paul Reed (Mon, 23 Jul 2018)
John and Damon chat with J.Paul Reed (Release Engineering Approaches) about the field of Systems Safety and Human Factors that studies why accidents happen and how to minimize the occurrence and impact. Show notes at http://devopscafe.org
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DevOps Cafe Ep. 77 - Damon interviews John (Wed, 20 Jun 2018)
A new season of DevOps Cafe is here. The topic of this episode is "DevSecOps." Damon interviews John about what this term means, why it matters now, and the overall state of security.  Show notes at http://devopscafe.org
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