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A landing zone is the foundation of any serious multi-account AWS environment. This article explores the key architectural decisions — account structure, network topology, governance and automation — that determine whether a landing zone actually works in practice.
Rightsizing compute resources is the most visible FinOps activity, but the most impactful cost optimisation decisions often happen at the architecture level. This article looks at the structural and governance changes that produce lasting results.
Retrieval-Augmented Generation changes how AI applications interact with proprietary data. Designing the cloud infrastructure that supports a RAG pipeline at scale — from vector stores to model endpoints — requires careful architectural thinking.
Multi-account environments are AWS best practice for a reason. This article breaks down the governance framework — SCPs, account structures, logging and network design — and explains why each decision matters.
Some architecture decisions are easy to change later. Others define the structure of your entire cloud environment for years. This article identifies the decisions that deserve the most careful thinking early in a cloud programme.
Terraform is a tool, not a strategy. Building a scalable IaC platform requires thinking carefully about module design, state management, CI/CD integration and the team structures that will operate it over time.
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