About The Cloud Playbook
Most platform teams optimize for speed. The best ones optimize for predictability.
The Cloud Playbook is for engineering leaders building platforms on AWS Cloud in regulated industries where compliance isn’t a checkbox.
Where outages aren’t just technical problems.
Where organizational clarity determines whether systems hold or break.
Every issue covers one problem I’ve seen break platform teams, and the patterns that prevent it.
Compliance gaps.
Ownership failures.
Cost surprises.
The issues that become a leadership problem before anyone flags them.
This newsletter covers:
AWS Cloud - architecture decisions that reduce risk, not just solve problems
Platform Engineering - patterns that scale without chaos
Compliance - making FedRAMP, HIPAA, and ISO 27001/18 operational, not ceremonial
FinOps - cost predictability as a leadership discipline
Engineering Leadership - the organizational patterns behind reliable systems
No tutorials. No tool lists. No hype.
One idea per issue. Practical. Opinionated. Built from experience.
Who writes this
I’m Amrut Patil.
Engineering leader. 11+ years building platforms on AWS Cloud in regulated environments.
I’ve led global teams through FedRAMP authorizations, ISO 27001/18 audits, and the organizational failures that make both harder than they need to be.
I’ve been the person in the room when an audit finding became a board conversation, when a cost spike triggered an executive review, and when a reliability gap became a customer trust problem.
My focus: reducing organizational risk in platform engineering, compliance, reliability, and cost.
Why subscribe
If you’re responsible for platforms where failure creates leadership problems, not just engineering tickets, this newsletter will sharpen how you see the risks before they surface.
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