Comparisons

Side-by-sidecomparisonsofthetoolsIworkwith.

Scored across the dimensions that matter in production — not the ones that look good on a slide. Each comparison is opinionated, defensible, and updated for 2026.

Cloud

12 April 2026

AWS vs GCP vs Azure — best cloud in 2026

Three hyperscalers, very different shapes. A working engineer's scorecard across compute, managed services, AI, pricing, and sovereignty.

EKS vs GKE vs AKS — Kubernetes managed offerings 2026

Three managed control planes that look identical on a slide and feel completely different at 02:00. A scorecard from someone who runs all three.

GKEEKSAKS

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Infrastructure as Code

2 April 2026

Terraform vs OpenTofu vs Pulumi — IaC in 2026

After the BSL split, the IaC landscape has settled into three real options. Here is how each one behaves under load, in CI, and on day-200.

TerraformOpenTofuPulumi

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Observability

26 March 2026

Datadog vs Grafana Cloud vs New Relic vs Honeycomb — observability 2026

Four observability platforms, four philosophies. A scorecard across tracing depth, log economics, vendor lock-in, and what the bill actually looks like.

DatadogGrafana CloudNew RelicHoneycomb

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AI coding

18 March 2026

Cursor vs Copilot vs Claude Code — AI coding tools 2026

Three tools that all claim to make you faster. After a year of daily use, here is which one actually does, and which job each is best at.

CursorGitHub CopilotClaude Code

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CI/CD

10 March 2026

GitHub Actions vs GitLab CI vs Buildkite — CI/CD 2026

Three CI systems, three philosophies. Which one is fastest, which one is cheapest, and which one survives a serious security review.

GitHub ActionsGitLab CIBuildkite

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