What we do
- New clusters. EKS, GKE or AKS built in Terraform, with node autoscaling (Karpenter or cluster autoscaler), ingress, certificates, DNS and secrets wired up.
- GitOps delivery. Argo CD or Flux, images pinned by digest, and promotion from staging to production through pull requests.
- Security. Pod security standards, network policies, workload identity instead of static keys, image scanning and admission policies.
- Observability. Prometheus, Grafana, Loki and Tempo or your existing vendor, with alerts that page on user-visible problems.
- Developer experience. Golden paths and templates so a new service goes from repository to production without a ticket to the platform team.
- Rescue and upgrades. Clusters several versions behind, mystery YAML nobody owns, cost that tripled after the last scale-up.
Do you need Kubernetes?
Kubernetes pays off when you have many services, several teams deploying independently, or a need to run the same platform across clouds. For a startup with a handful of services, managed containers such as AWS ECS or Google Cloud Run usually cost less and need less care. We look at your services, team and roadmap and give you a straight recommendation, even if it means a smaller project for us. Our migration checklist compares the options.
How we work
- Review. Your workloads, current cluster (if any), delivery process and team.
- Plan. Target architecture, upgrade or migration path, and what your team will own afterwards.
- Build. In your accounts, in Terraform and Git, reviewed with your engineers.
- Handover. Runbooks, a session with your team, and optionally ongoing operations.
Frequently asked questions
EKS, GKE or AKS?
Use the managed Kubernetes of the cloud you already run on. GKE is the most polished, EKS has the largest ecosystem, and AKS fits companies built on Azure and Microsoft identity.
Can you take over an existing cluster?
Yes. We start with a review of versions, workloads, security and cost, then fix the urgent problems before improving the rest.
Is ECS cheaper than EKS?
For small setups, usually yes: there is no control-plane fee and fewer moving parts to operate. As the number of services and teams grows, Kubernetes tooling and portability start to pay for themselves.
Do you support on-prem or bare-metal Kubernetes?
Our focus is managed Kubernetes on AWS, GCP and Azure. We can help plan a move from self-managed clusters to a managed service.