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Matt

DevOps / Platform Engineer. Building Fortem — fleet management for 10+ AWS ECS Fargate environments. AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Go.

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DevOps / Platform Engineer building Fortem.dev

Why Headroom Breaks on AWS Bedrock — and How to Fix All Four Failures

Why Headroom Breaks on AWS Bedrock — and How to Fix All Four Failures

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How to Put an ALB in Front of ECS Fargate

How to Put an ALB in Front of ECS Fargate

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11 min read
How Do You Monitor ECS Fargate Across 10+ Environments?

How Do You Monitor ECS Fargate Across 10+ Environments?

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11 min read
AWS ECS Fargate Security: What You Actually Configure (and What You Can't)

AWS ECS Fargate Security: What You Actually Configure (and What You Can't)

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11 min read
AWS ECR: How Container Registry Works for ECS Fargate Teams

AWS ECR: How Container Registry Works for ECS Fargate Teams

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10 min read
ECS Fargate Autoscaling: Target Tracking, Step, and Why It Doesn't Scale When You Expect

ECS Fargate Autoscaling: Target Tracking, Step, and Why It Doesn't Scale When You Expect

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10 min read
How Do You Set Up RBAC on ECS Fargate Without Breaking Prod?

How Do You Set Up RBAC on ECS Fargate Without Breaking Prod?

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8 min read
How Do You Prepare ECS Fargate for a SOC 2 Audit?

How Do You Prepare ECS Fargate for a SOC 2 Audit?

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8 min read
How Do You Manage ECS Fargate Across Multiple AWS Accounts?

How Do You Manage ECS Fargate Across Multiple AWS Accounts?

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10 min read
AWS Fargate vs Lambda: When Does Lambda Stop Being Cheaper?

AWS Fargate vs Lambda: When Does Lambda Stop Being Cheaper?

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12 min read
How to Find and Kill Orphaned ECS Environments Before They Drain Your Budget

How to Find and Kill Orphaned ECS Environments Before They Drain Your Budget

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9 min read
Why Do AWS Staging Environments Cost So Much?

Why Do AWS Staging Environments Cost So Much?

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Humanitec or Fortem: Which ECS Platform Fits Your Team?

Humanitec or Fortem: Which ECS Platform Fits Your Team?

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11 min read
Who Restarted Prod? How to Find It in CloudTrail

Who Restarted Prod? How to Find It in CloudTrail

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7 min read
What Is ECS Service Connect and Should You Use It?

What Is ECS Service Connect and Should You Use It?

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13 min read
How to Optimize AWS ECS Costs Beyond Reserved Instances

How to Optimize AWS ECS Costs Beyond Reserved Instances

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AWS Cost Anomaly Detection for ECS Teams: What It Catches, What It Misses, and How to Set It Up

AWS Cost Anomaly Detection for ECS Teams: What It Catches, What It Misses, and How to Set It Up

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11 min read
Fortem vs Humanitec: ECS Fleet Operations vs General-Purpose IDP

Fortem vs Humanitec: ECS Fleet Operations vs General-Purpose IDP

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9 min read
How to Debug AWS Fargate Containers with ECS Exec

How to Debug AWS Fargate Containers with ECS Exec

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7 min read
How to Control CloudWatch Logs Costs on ECS

How to Control CloudWatch Logs Costs on ECS

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How Should You Set Up ECS Logging? (awslogs, FireLens, or Neither)

How Should You Set Up ECS Logging? (awslogs, FireLens, or Neither)

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ECS Service Discovery: Cloud Map, Service Connect, or an Internal Load Balancer?

ECS Service Discovery: Cloud Map, Service Connect, or an Internal Load Balancer?

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ArgoCD Alternatives in 2026: 5 Real Options (and One Nobody Mentions)

ArgoCD Alternatives in 2026: 5 Real Options (and One Nobody Mentions)

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8 min read
Platform Engineering for AWS ECS Fargate Teams

Platform Engineering for AWS ECS Fargate Teams

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ECS Deployment Strategies: Rolling, Blue/Green, Canary

ECS Deployment Strategies: Rolling, Blue/Green, Canary

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ECS Task Definitions: Every Field, Common Mistakes, Best Practices

ECS Task Definitions: Every Field, Common Mistakes, Best Practices

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11 min read
How to Control CloudWatch Logs Costs on ECS

How to Control CloudWatch Logs Costs on ECS

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How to Debug AWS Fargate Containers with ECS Exec

How to Debug AWS Fargate Containers with ECS Exec

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ECS Fargate vs ECS EC2: Which Launch Type Should You Use?

ECS Fargate vs ECS EC2: Which Launch Type Should You Use?

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ECS vs EKS: Which AWS Container Service Should You Use?

ECS vs EKS: Which AWS Container Service Should You Use?

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Do You Need an Internal Developer Platform for AWS ECS?

Do You Need an Internal Developer Platform for AWS ECS?

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Why Can't You See Per-Environment AWS Costs?

Why Can't You See Per-Environment AWS Costs?

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11 min read
How to Clone an ECS Environment Without Rewriting Terraform?

How to Clone an ECS Environment Without Rewriting Terraform?

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Fortem vs Cortex: Which Tool Actually Operates Your ECS Fleet?

Fortem vs Cortex: Which Tool Actually Operates Your ECS Fleet?

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How to Cut AWS Costs Without Reserved Instances

How to Cut AWS Costs Without Reserved Instances

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8 min read
Fortem vs Flightcontrol: ECS Fleet Management vs Single-App PaaS

Fortem vs Flightcontrol: ECS Fleet Management vs Single-App PaaS

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8 min read
AWS Copilot is Deprecated: Alternatives for ECS Fargate Teams

AWS Copilot is Deprecated: Alternatives for ECS Fargate Teams

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6 min read
It's Friday at 6pm. Your Developer Can't Restart Staging Without You.

It's Friday at 6pm. Your Developer Can't Restart Staging Without You.

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7 min read
ECS Multi-Environment Strategy: What Breaks at 10 That Worked Fine at 3

ECS Multi-Environment Strategy: What Breaks at 10 That Worked Fine at 3

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11 min read
Managing ECS Fargate with Terraform: What Works and What Doesn't

Managing ECS Fargate with Terraform: What Works and What Doesn't

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How to Cut AWS ECS Fargate Costs by 60–70%

How to Cut AWS ECS Fargate Costs by 60–70%

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ECS Fargate Best Practices: Running a Fleet of 10+ Environments Without the Pain

ECS Fargate Best Practices: Running a Fleet of 10+ Environments Without the Pain

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ECS Environment Scheduling: The Complete Guide

ECS Environment Scheduling: The Complete Guide

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What Does DevOps Automation Miss Beyond CI/CD?

What Does DevOps Automation Miss Beyond CI/CD?

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AWS Proton is Deprecated: What ECS Teams Should Do Before October 7

AWS Proton is Deprecated: What ECS Teams Should Do Before October 7

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What Does AWS Fargate Actually Cost Per Environment?

What Does AWS Fargate Actually Cost Per Environment?

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How Much Do AWS Dev Environments Really Cost?

How Much Do AWS Dev Environments Really Cost?

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Why Kubernetes Needs an IDP, Not Just GitOps

Why Kubernetes Needs an IDP, Not Just GitOps

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The Kubernetes Operator Pattern Saved Us More Than Backstage Ever Could

The Kubernetes Operator Pattern Saved Us More Than Backstage Ever Could

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Best MeetAlfred Alternatives 2026 — AI-Powered LinkedIn Tools

Best MeetAlfred Alternatives 2026 — AI-Powered LinkedIn Tools

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Best LinkedIn Outreach Tools for B2B Sales 2026 — AI vs Automation

Best LinkedIn Outreach Tools for B2B Sales 2026 — AI vs Automation

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AI Lead Scoring for LinkedIn 0-100: How It Works & Comparison 2026

AI Lead Scoring for LinkedIn 0-100: How It Works & Comparison 2026

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Why LinkedIn Response Rates Are Dropping 2026 (And How to Stand Out)

Why LinkedIn Response Rates Are Dropping 2026 (And How to Stand Out)

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Best LinkedIn Automation Tools 2026: AI Lead Scoring & Buying Intent Compared

Best LinkedIn Automation Tools 2026: AI Lead Scoring & Buying Intent Compared

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What is LinkedIn Sales Navigator? Complete Beginner

What is LinkedIn Sales Navigator? Complete Beginner

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The Modern GTM Stack 2026: n8n + Clay + LinkedIn Tools

The Modern GTM Stack 2026: n8n + Clay + LinkedIn Tools

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Is LinkedIn Sales Navigator Worth It in 2026?

Is LinkedIn Sales Navigator Worth It in 2026?

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Sales Navigator AI Features 2026: Account IQ, Lead IQ, Message Assist

Sales Navigator AI Features 2026: Account IQ, Lead IQ, Message Assist

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Safest LinkedIn Automation Tools: 2026 Safety Ranking

Safest LinkedIn Automation Tools: 2026 Safety Ranking

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How to Warm Up a LinkedIn Account (2025 Guide)

How to Warm Up a LinkedIn Account (2025 Guide)

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