Keeping operational notes useful
A useful note records the reason for a change, the observable result, and the shortest reliable recovery path.
Corvus Notes
A small collection of practical notes about software, infrastructure, and experiments worth keeping.
Small services, clear boundaries
Independent directories, service accounts, and explicit network rules make small systems easier to extend without hidden coupling.
Measure before changing
Latency, packet loss, logs, and repeatable probes usually tell a better story than a configuration that merely looks unusual.