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.
Cloud infrastructure waste accumulates silently across 8 categories. Here is what a DevOps engineer audits, what they fix first, and what savings look like across a 90-day engagement in 2026.
SonarQube in CI/CD catches code quality and security issues before they reach production. Here is what a DevOps engineer configures, which gates they set, and what it costs in 2026.
A CI/CD pipeline without automated testing catches nothing before it reaches production. Here is what a DevOps engineer integrates, in which order, and what the ROI looks like in 2026.
Manual deployments slow teams down and introduce human error on every release. Here is exactly what a DevOps engineer automates first, the 30-day sequence, and the 2026 cost.
CI/CD for Kubernetes on AWS EKS requires more than a standard pipeline. Here is what a DevOps engineer builds, which tools they choose, and what to budget in 2026.
AWS CodePipeline and GitHub Actions both work on AWS. But they solve different problems. Here is the honest comparison and what a DevOps engineer recommends for SaaS startups in 2026.
