platform engineering
Posts tagged "platform engineering"
In-depth articles from the OrchesTerra engineering team.
Kubernetes
Kubernetes Requests and Limits: Throttling, Eviction, and the 3x Guess
What CPU limits actually do, why memory limits OOMKill, how requests drive scheduling, and a way to set numbers from Prometheus instead of folklore.
2026-09-04 · 4 min read
Terraform
Terraform Best Practices That Hold Up in Production
State layout, locking, module contracts, provider pinning, and plan hygiene — the Terraform habits that prevent Friday-night apply incidents.
2026-09-03 · 5 min read
Kubernetes
Kubernetes GitOps Best Practices for Platform Teams
Patterns for building reliable, auditable GitOps workflows on Kubernetes—covering repository structure, reconciliation hygiene, and governance gates.
2026-08-10 · 2 min read
Approvals
Building Approval Gates for Safe Infrastructure Rollouts
How to design approval gates that catch risky IaC changes before they reach production, while avoiding approval fatigue.
2026-07-05 · 2 min read
IaC
How to Scope Your IaC Governance Trial (What to Test in 14 Days)
A structured guide for teams evaluating OrchesTerra during a 14-day trial: connecting environments, triaging drift, validating generation, and measuring outcomes.
2026-06-01 · 2 min read