Why Your Startup Doesn't Need Kubernetes (Yet)
Kubernetes is powerful, but it's not always the right choice. Here's how to know when you're ready—and what to use instead.
Read more →I help growth-stage engineering teams architect, build, and operate cloud infrastructure that scales—without the agency markup or the "we'll get back to you" runaround.
Your engineering team is stretched thin. They're spending nights debugging Kubernetes configs instead of shipping features. Every "quick" infrastructure change turns into a week-long project. You need senior expertise, but hiring a full-time platform engineer doesn't make sense yet.
I embed with your team as a fractional infrastructure lead—designing systems that scale, unblocking deployments, and transferring knowledge so your team levels up. No agency layers, no project managers, no bait-and-switch. Just direct access to someone who's done this before.
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I'm Justin Sharp—an infrastructure engineer who's spent 20+ years building and operating systems at scale. I've been the on-call engineer at 3 AM. I've inherited the "legacy Kubernetes cluster" nobody wants to touch. I've migrated production databases with zero downtime.
I started this consultancy because I kept seeing the same pattern: companies paying agency rates for junior engineers following runbooks, or burning out their own team on infrastructure they shouldn't be building from scratch.
I work differently. You get me directly—I'm your primary point of contact throughout every engagement. As my practice grows, I may bring in junior engineers for specific tasks, but I remain your direct interface and take responsibility for every deliverable.
"I build things your team can actually maintain after I'm gone."
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Kubernetes is powerful, but it's not always the right choice. Here's how to know when you're ready—and what to use instead.
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