Taukir Katava is a DevOps Engineer at Acquaint Softtech with 4+ years of experience across AWS, Azure, and GCP. He specialises in Kubernetes cluster administration, CI/CD pipeline automation, and cloud infrastructure design for high-traffic platforms. Taukir writes about the practical side of production DevOps: what infrastructure decisions cost and what they actually deliver.
Helm turns Kubernetes deployments from 20 YAML files per service into a single versioned command. Here is what a DevOps engineer builds with Helm, what gets automated, and what it costs in 2026.
Azure AKS is the right Kubernetes service for .NET stacks and Microsoft ecosystem companies. Here is what a DevOps engineer sets up, manages ongoing, and what it costs in 2026.
AWS Spot Instances reduce Kubernetes node costs by 60 to 80%. Here is what a DevOps engineer configures to make Spot work safely in a production K8s cluster and what you save.
Running Docker without orchestration is manageable at 3 services. At 8 or more, it becomes a reliability and deployment risk. Here is what a DevOps engineer does to migrate you to Kubernetes.
AWS EKS is the default Kubernetes choice for most SaaS startups on AWS. Here is exactly what a DevOps engineer sets up, what the ongoing management involves, and what it costs in 2026.
Most startups move to Kubernetes too early or too late. Here is when the move makes sense, what a DevOps engineer manages in a cluster, and what it costs to hire one in 2026.
