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Exploring engineering acceleration
Building robust, scalable platforms for developers
Recent Posts
Latest thoughts and experiments from my software engineering journey.
The Elusive Infrastructure Metrics
Exploring the diverse ways of quantifying infrastructure improvements and the complex relationship between management needs and developer experience.
November 16, 2025
10 min read
by Matt Boisvert
infrastructure
devops
Taxonomize Your Infrastructure
A systematic approach to thinking about infrastructure categorization for better design, maintainability, and longevity.
September 19, 2025
8 min read
by Matt Boisvert
infrastructure
devops
Infrastructure Lifecycle Sandbox
From commit to production, with style
Every component in a system has a journey. This dashboard visualizes that journey as changes are made and different pieces interact.
Note: This is a simple simulation that will evolve over time
Cluster Status
web-01
Healthy
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Scaling
db-01
Stable
Deployment Status
Code Commit
Completed
Build & Test
In progress
Deploy to Staging
Pending
Deploy to Production
Pending
Real-time Metrics
CPU Usage
67%
↗︎ 12% from last hour
Memory
82%
↘︎ 8% from last hour
Network
45%
↗︎ 5% from last hour
Live Activity Feed
Pod web-app-7d8f9 scaled to 3 replicas
just now
New deployment v2.1.4 rolled out
2m ago
High CPU usage detected on node-2
5m ago
Service discovery updated
8m ago
Database connection pool optimized
12m ago