Cloud-Native Infrastructure & Software Engineering
DARKDEN DARKDEN
Building production-grade systems on Kubernetes. From the forge of the gods to the edge of the cloud.
01 — Projects
Prometeo
Προμηθεύς — The Fire Bringer
Multi-tenant modular monolith for HR/Enterprise. Blazor Server UI with autonomous AI-assisted development pipelines.
.NET 8PostgreSQLBlazorTailwind CSS
In Development Hefesto
Ἥφαιστος — God of the Forge
Autonomous dev orchestration system. Ephemeral VMs running Claude Code headless with RAG-powered context and multi-agent workflows. Architecture doc (~3100 lines) complete.
C# .NET 8RabbitMQQdrantProxmoxGiteaMinIO
Architecture Complete Caronte
Χάρων — Ferryman of the Styx
Software licensing and entitlement platform. Secure key validation, usage metering, and multi-tenant subscription management.
.NETLicense ManagementMulti-tenant
On Hold Stentor
Στέντωρ — The Herald
Email delivery platform with multi-provider failover, SMTP relay, and ML-powered deliverability optimization. SendGrid alternative. Dual SaaS/self-hosted mode.
Go 1.22Next.js 14Python/FastAPIKubernetes
Designed Argus
Ἄργος — The All-Seeing
Unified observability and monitoring. Centralized alerting, anomaly detection and infrastructure health dashboards across all services.
GrafanaLokiPrometheusAlerting
Planned 02 — Blog
Field notes from production. Deep dives into Kubernetes, service mesh debugging, cloud-native infrastructure, and the pursuit of fully autonomous development workflows.
Latest Post
Production-Grade Kubernetes on a Single Server: The Complete Guide
How to build a full Kubernetes cluster on a single server with kubeadm, Calico eBPF, Istio ambient, cert-manager, Grafana, Loki, and the full security stack. No shortcuts.