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MCP Is the New API Contract: Designing Connectors that Don't Scare Security

APIs connected systems. MCP coordinates them. Discover how context-aware protocols move security and policy inside the interaction, enabling scalable, traceable trust across agents and organizations.

7

Nov

2025

Serverless Was Never Backendless or Why Do You Need a Backend in 2026?

The “no-backend” tech era never arrived. In 2025, it’s clear that companies winning in 2026 will be those with strong backend governance, resilience, and control.

7

Nov

2025

FinOps Misused: You Focus on Efficiency at the Expense of Effectiveness

If you are in that group (or your partners or clients), you instinctively turn to FinOps with one goal: to bring the bill down. That reaction makes sense, but it also traps FinOps in the role of cost policing. What you need to ask is whether every dollar spent is driving outcomes that the business can feel.

11

Sep

2025

FinOps vs DevOps: A Startup Guide to Scaling Cloud with Speed and Accountability

You know the startup mantra: move fast, ship features, listen to users, and iterate quickly. The cloud makes this possible: no upfront hardware costs, instant scaling, and tools that let small teams operate like big ones. This speed is mainly powered by DevOps practices, which bring development and operations closer together to deploy software faster and more reliably.

11

Sep

2025

Your “Dream Team” Breaks Your Product-Market Fit

The “all-in” team is a common startup ideal: intense, highly skilled, and fully committed. But before product-market fit (PMF), this model often generates organizational drag instead of forward motion. Execution accelerates, but often in the wrong direction.

1

Sep

2025

Connect with a Kubernetes Expert

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Andrew Korolov

Founder & Solution Architect

About your meeting

1. Describe Your Challenge & Vision
2. Share Your Business Goals
3. Get Your Kubernetes Roadmap