Archive - The Cloud Playbook

TCP#101: Your AWS bill is lying to you

The real problem is two layers deeper than the invoice.

Feb 19 • Amrut Patil

TCP #100: Your platform is fast. But is it predictable?

A practical lens for building leadership trust in your systems.

Feb 15 • Amrut Patil

TCP#99: Platform engineering is load reduction, not tooling

Platform success is not adoption charts.

Feb 11 • Amrut Patil

TCP #98: AWS Multi-Account vs. Single-Account Strategy

Here is the framework I use to evaluate single-account vs. multi-account.

Feb 8 • Amrut Patil

TCP #97: Your platform has 99.9% uptime. Your engineers still can't ship

Uptime metrics show green dashboards while PR queues grow. High performers measure cycle time instead. Here's why.

Feb 1 • Amrut Patil

January 2026

TCP #96: When Centralized Platforms Win and When Federated Wins

Most organizations miss the pattern and apply one model everywhere.

Jan 28 • Amrut Patil

TCP #95: The Real Conflict Between Speed and Compliance

Most platform teams see opposing forces. High performers see architectural choices. Compliance as infrastructure eliminates the tradeoff.

Jan 25 • Amrut Patil

TCP #94: Fast CI/CD Won't Fix Your Slow Deployments

It's not your tooling. It's not your pipeline.

Jan 21 • Amrut Patil

TCP #93: We cut audit time by 40% with three changes

Documentation-as-system beats documentation-as-project.

Jan 18 • Amrut Patil

TCP #92: Why the "fastest" platform teams keep failing

The pattern I've seen repeat for 11 years, and how to break it.

Jan 16 • Amrut Patil

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October 2025

TCP #91: Beginner’s Guide to Bedrock AgentCore

Guide to Bedrock AgentCore: Build Custom AI Agents That Actually Work

Oct 26, 2025 • Amrut Patil

TCP #90: DNSSEC: The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Securing Your Domain Infrastructure

A practical guide to implementing cryptographic DNS security without the complexity

Oct 19, 2025 • Amrut Patil

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