Infrastructure as Code systems
Declarative configurations define infrastructure state so environments can be reproduced, versioned, and managed consistently.
What It Is
Cloud Infrastructure is the foundational components required to build and operate cloud-based systems. On this site, it matters because it transfers across technical, operational, and venture work instead of staying trapped in one narrow context.
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Linux systems
A hierarchical, permissioned operating system manages processes, memory, and files through a kernel that enforces resource isolation, scheduling, and hardware abstraction.
Microservices Architecture (Docker, ECS, Terraform)
Designed and built a containerized, auto-scaling microservices framework on AWS — first in 2014, then revised in 2018 with EKS, ArgoCD, Helm, and GitHub...
Security systems
Practices and controls protect systems from unauthorized access, misuse, and failure.
TCP/IP networking systems
Layered communication protocols define addressing, routing, and reliable data transmission across interconnected networks.
Terraform
Terraform is an infrastructure as code tool for provisioning cloud resources.
What I Learned About Centralized TLS With ACME and Traefik
A cleaner control-plane pattern for TLS: one ACME issuer, shared certificate state, and stateless Traefik edge nodes.
Amazon S3
Amazon S3 is an object storage for scalable and durable data storage.
Colophon
How mikeaorlando.com is built, maintained, and published, including the operating model behind the content system.
Identity and access management systems
Frameworks control who can access which resources under defined policies and administrative models.