Ilyas Mustafin
CTO / Enterprise Architect
Notes on architecture, DevOps and building products
Architecture Checks in CI/CD
Fitness functions from O'Reilly: architecture isn't diagrams - it's rules that get verified automatically in your pipeline.
AI in Software Architecture: Helper or Just Noise?
GPT and Copilot are old news for coding. But what happens when AI is used for architectural decisions? That's where it gets interesting - and risky.
Nginx Ingress Controller EOL: What to Switch To
Nginx Ingress Controller is hitting EOL by 2026. Overview of alternatives: HAProxy, Traefik, Istio, Contour, Gateway API.
#OpenToWork: Shifting Focus to Architecture
Updating my status. Years at the intersection of development, DevOps, and architecture. Now pivoting toward classical software architecture.
AWS Business Lunch and Cloud Adoption in Kazakh Banks
Flashbacks to a forgotten load balancer that cost $1000, and how Kazakhstan's banks are finally warming up to the cloud.
GPT in the Terminal: Helper or Liability?
AI in the CLI isn't just hype. DBAs get SQL for Patroni clusters, DevOps get Terraform commands. But guardrails are non-negotiable.
The Corporate Immortality Syndrome
While you're inside a corporation, it feels eternal. That's exactly why layoffs hit like a personal tragedy.