MirahLabs Engineering Blog
Technical insights, tutorials, and architectures written by our design and backend engineers.
Migrating from EC2 to ECS Fargate: A Step-by-Step Transition Guide
Moving workloads from raw virtual machines to serverless container orchestration reduces operational overhead. Learn how to containerize and deploy to ECS Fargate.
Cloud Cost Optimization: Cutting AWS Bills Without Sacrificing Performance
Cloud bills grow fast if unmanaged. Learn practical strategies to cut AWS costs by 40-60% using reserved instances, Spot fleets, rightsizing, S3 tiering, and transfer cost optimization.
AWS Direct Connect vs VPN: Architecting Secure Hybrid Networks
Connect your on-premises datacenter to AWS securely. Compare the cost, latency, throughput, and reliability of AWS Site-to-Site VPN and Direct Connect.
S3 Data Lakes: Partitioning, Parquet Format, and Athena Query Optimization
Querying raw JSON or CSV data in S3 data lakes is slow and expensive. Optimize your lake using hive-partitioning, Apache Parquet columnar storage, and AWS Athena.
Deploying Flask on AWS ECS Fargate: A Production Blueprint
AWS ECS Fargate runs containers without managing servers. This complete blueprint covers building the image, pushing to ECR, configuring ECS services with ALB, and automating deployments with GitHub Actions.
AWS IAM Best Practices: The Principle of Least Privilege in Action
Weak IAM policies are the most common gateway for AWS environment breaches. Implement role-based access control, condition keys, and automated access reviews.