Cloud Computing
May 9, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
84 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (12): End-to-End — One Terraform Apply for Everything
The grand finale: codify everything from Parts 1-11 into Terraform modules. VPC, ECS, RDS, OSS, RAM, SLS, Function Compute — all provisioned with one terraform apply. Plus CI/CD with GitHub Actions and cost optimization.
May 8, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
52 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (11): PAI — The ML Platform
The complete ML platform on Alibaba Cloud: PAI-DSW for notebooks, PAI-DLC for distributed training, PAI-EAS for model serving, Designer for visual workflows, and Model Gallery. Train and deploy a custom model end-to-end.
May 7, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
24 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (10): Bailian and DashScope — The LLM Layer
The complete LLM toolkit on Alibaba Cloud: Qwen model family, DashScope API (OpenAI-compatible), Wanxiang image/video generation, Qwen TTS, async task patterns, and fine-tuning. Build a multi-modal AI pipeline.
May 6, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
66 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (9): OpenSearch and AI Search
From keyword search to AI-powered retrieval: OpenSearch service, vector search for RAG, LLM-powered query rewriting, and hybrid search. Build a product search engine combining vectors and keywords.
May 5, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
68 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (8): Serverless — Function Compute and EventBridge
Go serverless on Alibaba Cloud: Function Compute triggers, runtimes, cold starts, and pricing. EventBridge for event routing. API Gateway integration. Build an event-driven image processing pipeline.
May 4, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
66 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (7): SLS, CloudMonitor, and Observability
Build full-stack observability: SLS for log collection and querying, CloudMonitor for metrics and alerts, ARMS for distributed tracing. Set up a complete monitoring stack for a production web application.
May 3, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
58 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (6): RAM, KMS, and Cloud Security
Lock down your cloud: RAM users, groups, roles, and policies. STS for temporary credentials. KMS for encryption. ActionTrail for audit logging. Build a secure multi-team access model with least privilege.
May 2, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
64 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (5): RDS and PolarDB — The Database Layer
RDS MySQL vs PolarDB: when to use which. Instance sizing, read replicas, proxy endpoints, backup/restore, monitoring, slow query analysis. Build a production database with HA and read scaling.
May 1, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
58 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (4): OSS — Object Storage Done Right
Master Alibaba Cloud OSS: bucket types, storage classes, access control (ACL, RAM, STS, signed URLs), lifecycle rules, cross-region replication, CDN integration, and custom domains. Build a complete media storage …
Apr 30, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
52 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (3): VPC, SLB, and the Network Layer
Build a production network from scratch: VPC architecture, CIDR planning, VSwitches across availability zones, security groups as stateful firewalls, SLB for load balancing, NAT Gateway for outbound traffic, and EIP for …
Apr 29, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
52 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (2): ECS — Compute That Actually Makes Sense
Everything you need to know about ECS: instance families (g8, c8, r8, GPU), pricing models, cloud-init automation, security groups, and key pairs. We deploy a production-ready app server from scratch.
Apr 28, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Full Stack
22 min readAlibaba Cloud Full Stack (1): The Ecosystem Map — What Alibaba Cloud Actually Is
A no-BS guide to Alibaba Cloud's product ecosystem. We map every major service to its AWS/Azure/GCP equivalent, set up an account from scratch, and deploy our first ECS instance — all in under an hour.
Jun 14, 2023
Cloud Computing
34 min readCloud Computing (8): Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Architecture
Series finale. Multi-cloud vs hybrid cloud strategy, the 6R migration framework, hybrid networking, cross-cloud data sync and conflict resolution, vendor lock-in mitigation, disaster recovery RPO/RTO planning, FinOps …
May 26, 2023
Cloud Computing
58 min readCloud Computing (7): Cloud Operations and DevOps Practices
A working DevOps engineer's guide: CI/CD pipelines that gate quality, Terraform for reproducible infrastructure, Prometheus + Grafana monitoring, ELK/EFK logging, SRE error budgets, and the operational habits that keep …
May 7, 2023
Cloud Computing
34 min readCloud Computing (6): Cloud Security and Privacy Protection
A working engineer's guide to cloud security: shared responsibility, IAM that actually scales, encryption at rest / in transit / in use, zero trust, compliance frameworks, and incident response that you can rehearse.
Apr 18, 2023
Cloud Computing
40 min readCloud Computing (5): Cloud Network Architecture and SDN
VPC, load balancers, CDN, SDN/NFV, and BGP -- a deep tour of cloud networking from packet to planet, with the production knobs that matter.
Mar 30, 2023
Cloud Computing
36 min readCloud Computing (4): Cloud Storage Systems and Distributed Architecture
From CAP theorem to S3, HDFS, and Ceph -- a deep tour of distributed storage primitives, consistency, replication, erasure coding, and cost optimisation.
Mar 11, 2023
Cloud Computing
16 min readCloud Computing (3): Cloud-Native and Container Technologies
Why cloud-native exists, what containers actually do at the kernel level, how Kubernetes really works, when service mesh is worth its weight, and how the whole stack fits together in production.
Feb 20, 2023
Cloud Computing
18 min readCloud Computing (2): Virtualization Technology Deep Dive
A hands-on guide to virtualization -- hypervisors (VMware, KVM, Xen, Hyper-V), storage and network virtualization, performance tuning, and container comparison.
Feb 1, 2023
Cloud Computing
36 min readCloud Computing (1): Fundamentals and Architecture
An engineering-grade introduction to cloud computing -- service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS), deployment topologies, the economics of CapEx vs OpEx, regions and AZs, vendor catalogues and a decision framework with …