Stepwik · Co-Founder & CTO
Kishan leads engineering at Stepwik. He writes about platform design, infrastructure, DevOps, and the systems that power interactive learning at scale.
Most Kubernetes tutorials are written for platform engineers. This one is for the developer who just wants to ship their app without becoming a YAML expert.
From Zero to Deployed: Building a CI/CD Pipeline from Scratch
A step-by-step walkthrough of building a production-ready CI/CD pipeline, from a blank repo to automated testing, staging deployments, and one-click releases.
API Design Patterns Every Backend Engineer Should Know
The difference between an API that's a joy to build against and one that causes endless support tickets comes down to a handful of design decisions made early.
Measuring Developer Productivity Without Demoralizing Your Team
DORA metrics, SPACE, and cycle time are all useful, but only if you understand what they're actually measuring and what they can never tell you.
The Rise of Internal Developer Portals - and What They Get Wrong
Internal developer portals promise to solve the docs problem once and for all. Most of them fail for the same reason wikis did. Here's how to get it right.
Getting Started with Infrastructure as Code: A Practical Guide
Stop clicking through cloud consoles. Infrastructure as Code makes your environments reproducible, reviewable, and version-controlled. Here's how to start.
Writing Technical RFCs That People Actually Read
An RFC that doesn't get read is just a document that delayed a decision. Here's how to write proposals that drive alignment instead of gathering dust.
Observability vs Monitoring: Why the Distinction Matters
Monitoring tells you when something is wrong. Observability tells you why. If you're still flying blind in production, here's what to change.
Platform Engineering: The Next Wave After DevOps
DevOps broke down silos between dev and ops. Platform engineering takes the next step: giving developers a paved road so they can ship without becoming infrastructure experts.
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