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Deep dives into cloud, DevOps, AI, and platform engineering from the RaktTech team.

Kubernetes
12 min read

Building a Production-Grade Kubernetes Platform on DigitalOcean

A complete walkthrough of setting up DOKS with Helm, Cert Manager, NGINX Ingress, and ArgoCD for GitOps deployments. Learn how to configure auto-scaling, monitoring, and secure ingress routing.

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AI Engineering
10 min read

Implementing RAG with Claude and PostgreSQL pgvector

How to build a production-ready retrieval-augmented generation system using Anthropic's Claude API, pgvector extension, and FastAPI — with semantic search and context management.

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Database
8 min read

Zero-Downtime Database Migrations in PostgreSQL

Strategies for online schema changes, blue-green migrations, and point-in-time recovery in production PostgreSQL environments with zero application downtime.

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DevOps
14 min read

Terraform Best Practices for Enterprise Infrastructure

Module design, state management, workspace strategies, and CI/CD integration patterns for large-scale Terraform deployments across multiple environments.

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DevOps
9 min read

GitOps with ArgoCD: From Commit to Production

Implement a complete GitOps workflow using ArgoCD, Helm, and GitHub Actions that takes code from a developer commit to production in under 5 minutes.

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Cloud
11 min read

Prometheus and Grafana: Comprehensive Observability Guide

Design your observability stack with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Tempo — including custom dashboards, alerting rules, and SLO tracking for production services.

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