No OAuth Required: Simplifying MCP Server Authentication with AWS IAM
TL;DR — Deploying MCP servers on AWS doesn’t require OAuth2 — you can use AWS IAM with SigV4 request signing instead, which eliminates token management overhead while keeping security robust. A pip-installable library now handles the SigV4 integration for LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, and other agent frameworks out of the box. No OAuth Required: Simplifying MCP […]
Cloud Consulting Berlin: DevOps Services for AWS, Azure, and GCP
Cloud & DevOps Consulting in Berlin We are a Berlin-based engineering consultancy helping companies build faster, cheaper, and more resilient cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. What We Do Cloud Infrastructure Design Architecture review and design for AWS, Azure, and GCP — built for your workload, not a generic template. We design multi-account […]
Autoscaling is Not Capacity Planning: Understanding the Differences for Optimal Performance
TL;DR — Autoscaling reacts to load that has already occurred — new servers take time to provision and metrics lag behind real-time demand. For predictable spikes (launches, campaigns, seasonal peaks), you need proactive capacity planning to provision resources before the event. Use autoscaling as a safety net for unexpected variance, not as your primary capacity […]
Azure vs AWS: Understanding the Basics of Cloud Organization
Azure vs AWS: Understanding the Basics of Cloud Organization When navigating the world of cloud computing, two giants often come to mind: Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). While both platforms provide robust cloud solutions, their approach to structuring and organizing resources varies. If you’ve worked in Azure, you’re familiar with tenants, subscriptions, and […]
How We Reduced a Client’s Cloud Bill by 98.6% Overnight: A FinOps Case Study
TL;DR — A client was spending $701/month on a full Kubernetes-based Discourse stack — for a forum with discussions disabled. By asking “do we even need a forum engine?”, we migrated the content to a static site on S3 + CloudFront and cut the bill to ~$10/month: a 98.6% reduction overnight. The biggest FinOps wins […]
