4Blog
Field notes on platforms, cost, security and AI
Written from real assignments: what worked, what did not, and why.
- October 20, 2026European cloud or your own hardware: when it makes sense, and when it does not.More companies want to depend less on American cloud. But pulling every plug is rarely smart. Honest pros and cons, and a route in which you choose per component.5 min read
- July 14, 2026When does a software company need a platform engineer, but not yet a platform team?Many software companies are still too small for a full platform team while developers already carry cloud, deployment and operational work. When does that become a structural platform problem?9 min read
- June 3, 2026Saving 50 percent compute with EKS Auto Mode at Bettr.A field story about how Bettr structurally cuts DTA compute cost with EKS Auto Mode, ArgoCD, CNPG and scheduled node pools.7 min read
- April 10, 2026Permanent production access is a slow-burning risk. JIT is the answer.A technical article on designing temporary production access as a platform capability, covering request flows, approvals, provisioning, scoped access, audit logging and automated revocation.8 min read