Your side project just became real.
- You shipped something users love — now it has to survive its own success.
- You want production-grade infra without becoming a part-time SRE.
- You need a foundation you can scale on, not a tutorial-grade setup.
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Your code ships. Your infrastructure doesn't.
Your code ships. Your infrastructure doesn't.
We fix that.
Short, focused engagements that take you from fragile or nonexistent infrastructure to production-ready. Resilient, documented, and fully yours.
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- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- ArgoCD
- Cilium
What We Do
Three ways to work together. Each one ends with your team owning the result.
Zero to Production
For teams that have code but no infrastructure. We build the full stack: Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, observability, networking, RBAC, and security hardening. Delivered with documentation and a team handoff.
2–4 weeksResilience Audit
You have infrastructure but don't trust it. We assess your setup, identify single points of failure, scalability bottlenecks, and security gaps. Then we fix the critical ones.
1–2 weeksInfra Sprint
A specific infrastructure challenge — migration, scaling, cost optimization, incident response architecture, or whatever is keeping your team up at night. Scoped and priced per project.
Custom scopeWho this is for
Two kinds of teams reach out — both want infra that stops being a problem.
You've outgrown your current setup.
- Migrations, modernization, or compliance work need senior hands — fast.
- Your team wants infrastructure expertise embedded, not a consultant deck.
- You need somebody who leaves the lights on long after handoff.
How It's Done
From first conversation to fully operational — in weeks, not months.
01
Discovery Call
We listen. Understand your stack, your pain points, your goals, and your constraints before proposing anything.
02
Assessment & Proposal
We audit your current infrastructure, identify gaps, and deliver a clear proposal with scope, timeline, and deliverables.
03
Engineering Engagement
Our engineers join your team. We build, pair, review, and ship. In your repos, your tools, your workflows.
04
Handoff & Support
Full documentation, knowledge transfer sessions, and optional ongoing retainer for continued support and evolution.
Why Us
Four things that set every engagement apart.
Embedded collaboration
We work alongside your engineers, collaborating closely to design, build, and ship infrastructure together.
Knowledge transfer
We document everything, run training sessions, and upskill your team throughout the engagement. When we're done, your team owns the platform independently.
Cloud-agnostic
Hyperscaler, neo-cloud, bare-metal, or hybrid. We recommend what's right for your business, backed by deep experience across cloud and on-prem environments.
Security by design
Every architecture decision considers the threat model. Compliance is embedded from the start, not patched in after the fact.
About
Whether you're an engineering team outgrowing your current setup or a builder whose side project is suddenly real traffic, infrastructure problems tend to look similar — flaky deploys, blind spots when things break, and the worry that the next spike takes it all down.
Midola is a solo software engineering practice with 10+ years across distributed systems, platform infrastructure, and observability — from building privacy-focused products and ML inference platforms to leading platform engineering initiatives in enterprise Kubernetes environments. Track record of building monitoring ecosystems, establishing SLO frameworks, and driving zero-downtime cloud migrations.
The focus stays the same regardless of scale: reliable, observable systems that let you ship with confidence.
We fix your problems using the right technologies. We don't try to fit technologies into your problems. We use the best technology possible to get it done, not the fancy one.
Common questions
The things teams ask before reaching out.
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How long does a typical engagement take?
Most projects run two to four weeks. Audits can be a single week; full zero-to-production builds occasionally stretch to six. We scope before we start so the timeline is concrete.
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Do you replace our engineers or work alongside them?
Alongside, always. We pair, review, and document so your team owns the result. The goal is to leave you stronger, not dependent.
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What if we don't know exactly what we need?
That's common. The discovery call is free and exists exactly for this — we'll listen, look at your stack, and either propose a scoped engagement or tell you honestly that you don't need one yet.
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Are we too small (or too large) to work with you?
Independent builders with first real traffic, and engineering teams up to a few hundred — both fit. Below that, infrastructure usually isn't the bottleneck yet. Above that, the engagement model still works but typically scopes to a single platform team.
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Do you sign NDAs and handle sensitive data?
Yes. NDAs are standard. We work in your repos, your cloud accounts, and your tools — credentials never leave your environment.
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What happens after the engagement ends?
You get full documentation, runbooks, and knowledge-transfer sessions. Optional retainers exist for ongoing support, but most teams need them only occasionally.
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How is pricing structured?
Fixed-scope engagements are quoted upfront. Open-ended sprints are weekly. No surprise invoices, no padded hours.
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Where are you based, and how does collaboration work?
Remote-first, async by default, with overlapping hours for synchronous work — pairing sessions, reviews, and decision calls. Most engagements happen entirely over Slack, your tooling, and a shared repo.
Let's talk about your infrastructure.
Whether you're planning to build rock-solid infrastructure, audit and modernize your existing setup, or need a lift-and-shift migration — reach out and we'll figure out the right approach together.
Reach out directly: [email protected]