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Cloud-native vocabulary decoded.

Quick definitions we reference in architecture reviews, workshops, and playbooks.

GitOps

Operating infrastructure and apps by using Git as the single source of truth with automated reconciliation.

Service Mesh

A dedicated infrastructure layer for service-to-service communication that provides mTLS, traffic policies, and observability.

SLO / Error Budget

Reliability targets and the allowable risk window that guide alerting, capacity, and prioritization decisions.

Admission Policy

Rules that validate or mutate Kubernetes resources at creation time to enforce compliance and security.