Field notes from the platform.
How we build, host, and operate. Written by the senior engineers and operators behind Ultiblob's multi-region private cloud platform.
Hybrid work is a consistency problem, not a remote problem
Everyone solved 'remote' in 2020. Almost nobody has solved 'hybrid' in 2026. The metric that matters isn't where your people connect from — it's whether the desktop is identical when they do.
Azure Local in 2026: a buyer's guide for mid-market enterprises
Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI) is the right answer to the wrong question for a lot of buyers. Here's the right question — and what to build for it.
How a Series A AI startup cut a $14k/mo public-cloud bill to $2,400/mo in one weekend
Repatriation is the right call for 70% of B2B SaaS workloads at Series A. Here's the math, the runbook, and the answer to "but what about elasticity?"
How Ultiblob ships production apps in under two hours
Most engineering teams measure delivery in weeks. We measure ours in minutes. Here's exactly how that works — and where the human still owns the trade-off.
Private cloud vs public cloud: the real TCO, line by line
Ten-thousand-foot 'public cloud is expensive' takes are easy. Doing the math is harder. Here's the math, with every assumption visible.
What 'AI-operated MSP' actually means (and what it doesn't)
Every MSP claims to be 'modern' these days. Few define what changes. Here's our definition of AI-operated — and the parts that are still, deliberately, human.
Zero-trust for mid-market: a 90-day plan that doesn't start with replacing your VPN
Every zero-trust pitch you've seen ends with 'and so you replace your VPN'. None of them admit that the VPN isn't the problem — implicit network trust is. Here's the order of operations that actually works.
How a 12-container B2B SaaS cut a $14k/mo public-cloud bill to $2,400/mo over one Saturday
Repatriation is supposed to be slow and painful. It doesn't have to be. Here's the Saturday-night cutover, the dry-runs that made it boring, and every dollar of the TCO breakdown — published with permission.
The HIPAA hosting checklist most BAAs miss — and the controls auditors actually ask for
Signing a BAA is the easy part. Implementing the controls behind it is where most mid-market healthcare practices fail their first OCR audit. Here's the 12-item checklist we run for every healthcare engagement.
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