https://portfolio.asholae.com/blog Thoughts on systems architecture, cloud-native engineering, performance optimization, and building software that scales. en-US Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:04:38 GMT https://portfolio.asholae.com/og-image.png https://portfolio.asholae.com/blog https://portfolio.asholae.com/blog/building-scalable-microservices https://portfolio.asholae.com/blog/building-scalable-microservices Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Ezra Lambe Systems Architecture Architecture Microservices Kubernetes Node.js A deep dive into designing and deploying production-grade microservices that handle millions of requests using Node.js, Docker, and Kubernetes orchestration. https://portfolio.asholae.com/blog/cloud-native-infrastructure-terraform https://portfolio.asholae.com/blog/cloud-native-infrastructure-terraform Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Ezra Lambe Cloud Infrastructure Terraform Infrastructure DevOps Cloud How I use Terraform to provision and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, with modules, state management, and CI/CD integration for zero-downtime deployments. https://portfolio.asholae.com/blog/performance-optimization-react https://portfolio.asholae.com/blog/performance-optimization-react Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Ezra Lambe Frontend Engineering React Frontend Performance Optimization Practical techniques I used to cut a React application's load time by 10x — covering code splitting, lazy loading, memoization, and bundle analysis strategies.