Sensitive Data Encryption — Module Design and Migration Retrospective

A retrospective on column-level encryption of sensitive data in a running service. Envelope encryption, DEK granularity decisions, the WHERE clause constraint that led to HMAC, and the migration automation Skill that spread the work across the org.

January 15, 2026 · 5 min read

Security Groups and NACLs

How Security Groups (stateful, per-instance) and NACLs (stateless, per-subnet) form different layers of defense in a VPC, plus the common pitfalls each surface.

November 1, 2025 · 5 min read