Chapter 13: Cloud Architecture: Building for the Platform

How to design systems that use the cloud effectively rather than treating it as rented hardware. Managed services, cloud-native patterns, multi-cloud trade-offs, and the cost architecture decisions that finance will eventually ask about.

What this chapter covers

Cloud-native architecture principles
Managed services vs. self-hosted trade-offs
Multi-cloud vs. single-cloud strategy
Cloud cost architecture and FinOps principles
Containers, Kubernetes, and orchestration architecture
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps
VPC design and network architecture
CI/CD pipeline architecture and deployment patterns

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