Category: Cloud Best Practices
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The Hidden Cost of Unpreparedness: Cloud Migration Without a Foundation
Recently I was working with a financial services company on a cloud migration project. The scope was significant: over 180 servers, multiple business-critical applications, and tight regulatory requirements. On paper, it looks like a standard enterprise migration. But there was a problem, one I’ve seen too many times before. The customer hasn’t prepared for what…
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From Vibe Coding to Spec-Driven Development: The Next Leap in AI Software Engineering
In my last post, “The Mismatch Between AI Code Assistants and Enterprise Software Development,” I talked about how coding assistants (despite their brilliance) often fail to align with enterprise reality. They generate code fast, but without context, structure, or shared understanding. The result? More rework, more debugging, and less trust. Today, I want to explore where…
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The Silent Power of Cloud Governance
When we talk about cloud transformation, the conversation usually gravitates toward innovation, agility, and speed. Everyone loves the narrative of rapid modernization, migrating workloads, automating pipelines, enabling teams to move faster than ever before. But after helping organizations evolve their technology strategies, I’ve learned a hard truth: the story of cloud success is mostly written…