Category: Glossary

A NAT gateway enables instances in private subnets to access the internet while preventing inbound connections.

Cloud cost optimization is the ongoing process of reducing cloud spending while maintaining or improving performance and reliability.

Developer experience encompasses all interactions developers have with tools, processes, and systems, impacting productivity and satisfaction.

Platform as a product applies product management principles to internal developer platforms, treating developers as customers.

A golden path is a recommended, pre-built workflow or template that makes it easy for developers to follow best practices by default.

An on-call rotation is a schedule where team members take turns being the primary responder for production incidents.

Pod Security Standards define three security levels — Privileged, Baseline, and Restricted — to enforce consistent Kubernetes pod security.

SLSA is a security framework that protects the integrity of software artifacts throughout the supply chain.

AWS ECS is a fully managed container orchestration service that simplifies running Docker containers on AWS.

Falco is an open-source runtime security tool that detects anomalous behavior and threats in containers and Kubernetes in real time.