https://cursopic.com/blog Field notes on cloud-native platforms, security, and shipping intelligent software. en Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:15:23 GMT https://cursopic.com/blog/cloud-cost-audit-finops-for-growing-teams https://cursopic.com/blog/cloud-cost-audit-finops-for-growing-teams Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Most cloud bills carry 20-30% recoverable waste. Here is the two-week audit we run to find it — without a reliability trade-off or a migration. https://cursopic.com/blog/rag-architecture-b2b-saas-product-engineering https://cursopic.com/blog/rag-architecture-b2b-saas-product-engineering Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Production RAG for B2B SaaS fails on domain language, multi-tenant isolation, and missing eval loops. Here is what the engineering actually requires. https://cursopic.com/blog/secure-sdlc-pipeline-guide https://cursopic.com/blog/secure-sdlc-pipeline-guide Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT A practical guide to building a secure software development lifecycle pipeline with SAST, DAST, SCA, SBOM, secrets scanning, and policy gates. https://cursopic.com/blog/staff-augmentation-vs-fractional-cto-vs-consultancy https://cursopic.com/blog/staff-augmentation-vs-fractional-cto-vs-consultancy Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Staff aug, fractional CTO, or consultancy — three models with different failure modes. A decision framework to tell you which your team needs now. https://cursopic.com/blog/cloud-native-platforms-without-the-rewrite https://cursopic.com/blog/cloud-native-platforms-without-the-rewrite Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Most platforms get rewritten because the first version optimized for the wrong thing. Here is how to build one that scales from prototype to production. https://cursopic.com/blog/kubernetes-cost-optimisation-startups https://cursopic.com/blog/kubernetes-cost-optimisation-startups Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Most Kubernetes clusters run at under 40% utilisation. Here is how to cut cloud spend without trading away reliability — three levers, one framework. https://cursopic.com/blog/zero-trust-for-startups https://cursopic.com/blog/zero-trust-for-startups Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Zero-trust is not a product you buy or a project that ends. For a small team, it is a set of defaults you can adopt this quarter. Here is where to start. https://cursopic.com/blog/shipping-llm-features-that-survive-production https://cursopic.com/blog/shipping-llm-features-that-survive-production Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT A demo that works once is easy. An LLM feature that works for thousands of real users is an engineering problem. Here is the discipline that gets you there.