Every cloud platform tells you to resize your instances — none of them prove
it's safe. My work lives in that gap: deterministic checks where
math suffices, production metrics where it doesn't, and
canary validation with automated rollback where it matters.
A few principles I hold to:
- Document why not, not just how — rejected alternatives prevent repeated mistakes
- Enforce rules with policy engines (SCPs, Kyverno), not docs humans forget to read
- If the system can't verify safety, it stops — never assumes success