DevOps

I wrapped up my role at ChipChip on April 16, 2026. For two years, I worked across backend development and operations. This is not a victory lap. It is a reflection on what that period actually looked like: integrating core services, debating technical decisions with teammates, fixing operational gaps, and learning how to ship without breaking trust. ...

When building services that need to run reliably, you face three fundamental problems: managing secrets securely, deploying workloads consistently, and enabling services to find each other. HashiCorp’s stack addresses these with Vault, Nomad, and Consul. This guide shows how to set up and integrate all three based on what I learned while building infrastructure for distributed services. ...