Cloud & DevOps
DevOps services for teams that would rather ship than babysit servers
Most teams we work with don’t need a platform team. They need deploys that work every time, a database backup somebody has actually restored, and an alert before a customer emails. We set that up on AWS, Google Cloud, Vercel, Netlify, Render, Railway or Heroku, in accounts you own, and write down how it all works. Our own site runs the same way: every merge deploys through GitHub Actions, and every pull request gets its own preview link.
Sound familiar?
Problems we fix
If releases make your team nervous, these will sound familiar.
Releases depend on one person
Only one developer knows the deploy steps, so releases wait until they’re free, and nobody wants to ship on a Friday.
Nobody knows if the backups work
There’s a backup setting switched on somewhere. Nobody has tried restoring from it.
The cloud bill keeps creeping up
Servers sized for a launch that never needed them, test environments left running and services nobody remembers creating.
Customers spot outages first
No uptime checks, no error tracking, and logs that are gone by the time someone looks.
What we build
What you get
CI/CD pipelines
Tests, builds and deploys from GitHub Actions on every merge, with a preview link for each pull request.
Infrastructure as code
Terraform or CDK on AWS and Google Cloud, config files on Render and Railway, so every environment can be reviewed and rebuilt.
Staging and production
Separate environments with their own data and secrets, so changes are tried before customers see them.
Monitoring and alerts
Uptime checks, error tracking and logs you can search, with alerts going to the people who can fix things.
Backups you’ve tested
Scheduled database backups, and a restore we run with you before we call the work done.
Moves between hosts
Heroku to Render, Railway to AWS, an old VPS to Google Cloud: rehearsed on a copy first, with a way back.
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How we set up DevOps
One change at a time, releases keep going
You don’t stop shipping while we work. Each change is small, reviewed in a pull request like any other code, and easy to undo.
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Read what’s there
Repository, hosting accounts, DNS, secrets, scheduled jobs and the last few bills. You get a written map of how the app runs today and what worries us most.
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Lock down access
Personal accounts instead of shared logins, secrets out of the code, and admin rights only where they’re needed.
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Backups first
Database backups on a schedule and a restore tested on a copy, before anything else changes.
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Build the pipeline
Tests and deploys from GitHub on every merge, preview links for pull requests, and a quick way back to the last good release.
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Environments as code
Staging and production described in your repository, so they match and can be rebuilt from scratch.
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Watch, then hand over
Uptime checks, error tracking and cost alerts, then a walkthrough and written runbooks for your team.
Cost & timeline
What affects the price
DevOps work gets a fixed-scope estimate after a free 30-minute call. These are the things that move it.
- How many apps and services
- One web app and a database is a smaller job than a dozen services, workers and scheduled jobs.
- Where it runs
- Vercel, Netlify, Render and Railway need less setup than AWS or Google Cloud, where networks and permissions are yours to define.
- How tidy it is today
- Secrets in the code, no staging and hand-run deploys all need fixing before automation helps.
- Moving hosts
- A migration adds a rehearsal on a copy and a planned switch-over.
- Care afterwards
- A one-off setup, or monthly monitoring, upgrades and cost reviews.
Industries
DevOps by industry
Cloud & DevOps FAQs
Which cloud should we be on?
Whatever fits the app and the team. Vercel or Netlify for front ends, Render or Railway for most APIs and workers, AWS or Google Cloud when you need services or controls the simpler platforms don’t have. If where you are today works, we’ll say so.
Do we need Kubernetes?
Probably not. Most apps we see run well on Cloud Run, ECS, Render or Railway, which are far less to look after. Kubernetes makes sense when you already run it or have a clear reason to.
Whose accounts does everything run in?
Yours. Hosting, cloud and GitHub accounts are in your company’s name, and our access is through roles you can remove at any time.
Can you move us off Heroku or another host?
Yes. We rehearse the move on a copy, compare the data, and switch during a short, agreed window, with the old setup kept ready until the new one has run cleanly.
Can you lower our cloud bill?
Often, yes. Oversized servers, idle environments and forgotten services are common. We go through the bill line by line and tell you what each change saves before we make it.
Do you offer ongoing support?
Yes. Monitoring, upgrades, security patches and cost reviews every month, or hourly help when you only need it now and then.
What does our team need to do?
Give us access, tell us how releases work today, and join a short review at the end. Everything is written down, so nobody is stuck when we’re not around.
Do you sign an NDA?
Yes, before we see your code or accounts. Access is the least each task needs, and you can revoke it at any time.
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Tell us where your app runs today and what keeps going wrong. On a free 30-minute call an engineer will go through your setup with you, then we’ll follow up with a fixed-scope estimate.
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