https://pigs-pods.pages.dev/tags/architecture/Recent content in Architecture on Pigs and PodsHugoen-us@2026 Isaac OmaitsMon, 03 Aug 2026 22:15:00 -0400https://pigs-pods.pages.dev/posts/holding-goats/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:15:00 -0400https://pigs-pods.pages.dev/posts/holding-goats/<p>This story dives into the hidden cost and lessons learned in rushing the move to production, and a failure to invest in the underlying architecture that protects your critical workloads. Through an assumption that the new environment is as good as the old one, I spent an entire summer patching issues, chasing runaway objects, and making little progress on anything else.</p> <h2 id="the-initial-deployment">The Initial Deployment</h2> <p>The thing about goats are, they are the ultimate example of a poorly written application. Left to their own devices, they will go all the places you don&rsquo;t want them, consume all the plants you want protected, and once they find a weakness in your infrastructure, they will continously to exploit that until it is fixed. They are also the ultimate example of Garbage Cleanup. They will eat almost anything, and especially seek out the foilage that other animals won&rsquo;t touch, like multiflora rose, poison ivy, and briar bushes. You can place them into your environment, and they will clear out all the unwanted junk that chokes out the useful plants for your other &ldquo;workloads&rdquo;.</p>