I'm Rens Vermeulen, a senior infrastructure engineer navigating the cloud-native tech scene. From on-call war stories to distributed systems design, I write about the realities of keeping production running and the lessons learned when it doesn't.
Managing a distributed engineering team across multiple time zones? Learn how to structure sprints, improve async communication, and lead high-performing remote teams without burning anyone out.
Struggling to choose between PostgreSQL and MongoDB for your infrastructure monitoring platform? A practical comparison covering query performance, schema flexibility, operational overhead, and when each database actually shines.
An open-source RESTful API for network monitoring and infrastructure health checks—designed for SRE teams who need reliable, scriptable access to their observability data.
netpulse.dev
A dark-mode-first dashboard component library for infrastructure UIs. Pre-built components for metrics, alerts, topology graphs, and incident timelines. Light mode available but not recommended.
darkboard.dev
A static site generator for infrastructure documentation. Features include auto-generated architecture diagrams, runbook templates, and versioned config snapshots.
vaultfs.io
A GitHub Actions workflow toolkit for infrastructure deployments. Handles Terraform plan/apply, Kubernetes rollouts, and automated drift detection with pull-request-native approval flows.
gitopsrunner.dev
An incident management tool for platform teams. Smart escalation routing, runbook linking, and post-incident review templates built in. Integrates with PagerDuty, Opsgenie, and Slack.
alertflow.tools
A lightweight JavaScript plugin for real-time traffic pattern visualization. Useful for understanding user load distribution and planning capacity ahead of known demand spikes.
loadphasejs.com
No noise, no spam—just practical infrastructure insights twice a month.