170+ Technical Deep-Dives
Comprehensive engineering technical breakdowns covering low-level kernel performance, Anycast routing, eBPF scrubbing, and high-availability database architecture.
Bare-Metal K8s Control Plane Design with Cilium eBPF and BGP Control
Comprehensive technical breakdown of bare-metal k8s control plane design with cilium ebpf and bgp control. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.
CI/CD Pipeline Security: GitHub Actions Hardening and OIDC Auth to AWS/GCP
Comprehensive technical breakdown of ci/cd pipeline security: github actions hardening and oidc auth to aws/gcp. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.
Container Image Security Scanning: Trivy, Grype, and Cosign Signing
Comprehensive technical breakdown of container image security scanning: trivy, grype, and cosign signing. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.
Zero-Downtime Data Center Backup Strategies with Restic, Borg, and MinIO
Comprehensive technical breakdown of zero-downtime data center backup strategies with restic, borg, and minio. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.
Disaster Recovery RPO/RTO Zero Planning for Mission-Critical Clouds
Comprehensive technical breakdown of disaster recovery rpo/rto zero planning for mission-critical clouds. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.
Docker Container Security: Rootless Execution, Seccomp Profiles, and AppArmor
Comprehensive technical breakdown of docker container security: rootless execution, seccomp profiles, and apparmor. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.
GlusterFS vs Ceph RBD: High-Throughput Block Storage Benchmarks
Comprehensive technical breakdown of glusterfs vs ceph rbd: high-throughput block storage benchmarks. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.
High-Availability PostgreSQL Clusters: Patroni, pgBackRest, and HAProxy
Comprehensive technical breakdown of high-availability postgresql clusters: patroni, pgbackrest, and haproxy. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.
Hybrid Cloud Interconnect Architecture: AWS Direct Connect and GCP Interconnect
Comprehensive technical breakdown of hybrid cloud interconnect architecture: aws direct connect and gcp interconnect. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.
Kubernetes Production Hardening: Pod Security Admission and NetworkPolicies
Comprehensive technical breakdown of kubernetes production hardening: pod security admission and networkpolicies. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.
KVM Hypervisor Optimization: NUMA Pinning, SR-IOV, and vCPU Binding
Comprehensive technical breakdown of kvm hypervisor optimization: numa pinning, sr-iov, and vcpu binding. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.
MongoDB Sharded Cluster Topology and Production Performance Optimization
Comprehensive technical breakdown of mongodb sharded cluster topology and production performance optimization. Written by Rishith Lal for ArzenLabs systems research.