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Cloud Journal

Practical, provider-accurate writing on cloud infrastructure, developer workflows, security fundamentals and the decisions behind choosing a cloud.

A dedicated physical server beside a rack of shared virtual machine instances
Infrastructure & Networking

Dedicated Servers vs Cloud VMs: When Bare Metal Wins

A cloud VM sells elasticity and a control plane; a dedicated server sells undivided hardware. This guide covers what you…

6 min read
A fleet of cloud instances growing and shrinking behind a load balancer as demand changes
DevOps & Automation

Autoscaling Explained: Horizontal, Vertical and Scheduled

Autoscaling works only on workloads designed to be replaced at any moment. This guide separates horizontal, vertical and scheduled scaling,…

6 min read
Workloads moving from public cloud to leased dedicated servers and colocation
Cloud Migration

Cloud Repatriation: When Teams Move Workloads Back

Repatriation is selective, not a reversal. This guide identifies the workload characteristics that point away from the cloud, sets out…

5 min read
Illustration of two meters tracking request rate and token consumption against an AI API quota
AI Infrastructure

Rate Limits and Quotas for Cloud AI APIs

Cloud AI APIs meter both requests and tokens, and the token meter is usually the one that stops you. This…

6 min read