Why Most Startups Don't Need Kubernetes (And What They Should Do Instead)

Why Most Startups Don't Need Kubernetes (And What They Should Do Instead)

There’s a moment every founder experiences. You’ve just closed your first funding round, your product is gaining traction, and someone in a Slack channel mentions that you should “probably start thinking about Kubernetes.” Your CTO nods thoughtfully. Everyone starts Googling Kubernetes tutorials at midnight. By the next morning, you’ve convinced yourself that Kubernetes is an inevitable part of your journey to billion-dollar unicorn status. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: you’re probably making a terrible mistake....

November 11, 2025 · 13 min · 2719 words · Maxim Zhirnov
Building Production-Ready Serverless Applications with AWS Lambda and API Gateway

Building Production-Ready Serverless Applications with AWS Lambda and API Gateway

The Serverless Dream (And Why It’s Actually Real) Remember when deploying an application meant renting a physical server, worrying about disk space, and praying that your infrastructure wouldn’t combust at 3 AM on a Sunday? Yeah, those days are mercifully behind us. Serverless computing—particularly AWS Lambda—has transformed how we think about building and deploying applications. But here’s the thing that nobody tells you at the conference talks: serverless doesn’t mean “no servers....

November 10, 2025 · 9 min · 1740 words · Maxim Zhirnov
Why Most Developers Shouldn't Write Their Own CI/CD Tools

Why Most Developers Shouldn't Write Their Own CI/CD Tools

Building a CI/CD pipeline from scratch sounds like a rite of passage for ambitious engineers. That thrilling moment when someone says, “We could just build our own tool—it can’t be that complex!” Usually follows a demo of some enterprise CI/CD platform with a price tag that makes everyone’s eyes water. But here’s the thing: that gut feeling that tells you to build it yourself? It’s your imposter syndrome talking, not your engineering instinct....

November 10, 2025 · 11 min · 2234 words · Maxim Zhirnov
Crafting Blender Extensions with Python: From Zero to Hero

Crafting Blender Extensions with Python: From Zero to Hero

If you’ve ever sat in front of Blender thinking “I wish this workflow was different” or “wouldn’t it be cool if…”, then I’ve got news for you—you don’t need to wait for the Blender team to read your mind. You can build it yourself. Yes, right now. With Python. And I’m not talking about the snake; I’m talking about the programming language that’s been quietly running the show behind Blender’s beautiful UI curtain....

November 9, 2025 · 9 min · 1712 words · Maxim Zhirnov
Building IoT Applications with MQTT and Rust: From Zero to Connected Devices

Building IoT Applications with MQTT and Rust: From Zero to Connected Devices

If you’ve ever wondered why your smart home devices actually work without constantly crashing or eating your Wi-Fi bandwidth for breakfast, MQTT and Rust are probably part of the answer. This guide will walk you through building production-ready IoT applications that are both memory-safe and blazingly fast—because why settle for less when you can have both? Why Rust for IoT? A Practical Perspective Let me be honest: if you’re coming from Python or Node....

November 8, 2025 · 9 min · 1771 words · Maxim Zhirnov