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Guides, postmortems, documentation and case studies from the teams running the world's most consequential magic. Mostly safe to read aloud.
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- Blog
Kubernetes for Covens
Why your familiar probably does not need its own pod, and the three cases where it absolutely does.
- Familiars
- Architecture
Sep 15, 2026 · 8 min read · Priya Hollowmere
- Blog
Secrets Management Without Cursed Vaults
Modern approaches to magical credential management, and why the skull-shaped box was never a good idea.
- Security
- Secrets
Aug 19, 2026 · 9 min read · Gerald Doomwhistle
- Blog
SLOs for Familiars That Ignore You
Defining service levels for workers that are, technically, cats.
- Familiars
- Observability
Jul 21, 2026 · 7 min read · Priya Hollowmere
- Blog
Observing Curse Propagation
Tracing a hex as it hops between services, and how to stop it at the gateway.
- Observability
- Security
May 27, 2026 · 10 min read · Gerald Doomwhistle
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