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March 7, 2026Database12 min read
The Friday Deploy That Taught Me to Respect PostgreSQL
A four-line SQL query worked perfectly in development — in production, with 8 million rows, it held the database hostage for 47 minutes and took down an entire SaaS platform on a Friday afternoon.
March 5, 2026CI/CD9 min read
We Deployed on a Friday. Here's What Happened Next.
A production deploy at 4:30 PM on a Friday turned a routine release into a 6-hour incident — and permanently changed how I think about automation and discipline.
March 3, 2026ElasticSearch14 min read
The Night the Cluster Went Silent
It was 11:47 PM. Search was down. 40,000 users couldn't find anything. This is the story of how a single shard misconfiguration quietly ate our cluster — and what we learned after rebuilding it from scratch.
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