Field notes on shipping compliance-grade systems in the age of AI.
I'm Saravanan — Sovereign AI Architect, HashiCorp Ambassador, AWS Community Builder. I write about the messy reality of running secure cloud, regulated AI, and AI-augmented engineering teams.
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Featured this week + recent essays.
The Anatomy of a Private GPT: Architecting for SOC2 in Banking
Why public chatbots fail audits. A deep dive into the AWS Bedrock + VPC Endpoint + Private Subnet topology that passes banking compliance.
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Identity is the New Perimeter: Cognito for Private AI Workloads
The Hidden Costs of AI: Preventing Token Shock in AWS Bedrock
Process-First AI-SDLC: Why Prompts Won't Save Your Team
From Prompt to Production: The Golden Path for Secure GenAI Apps
Topics
Private GPT, air-gapped LLMs, and regulated AI infrastructure.
SOC2/ISO patterns, zero-trust, secrets management, audit-ready IaC.
Internal Developer Platforms, golden paths, and supply-chain security.
CI/CD, IaC, deployment strategies, and operational excellence.
AWS, Azure, GCP — cost, resilience, and reference architectures.
Process-first SDLC automation and effective AI-assisted code development.