Cases from operations
What actually happened: which decision was taken, what it cost and what turned out to be wrong in hindsight. Numbers included.
In preparation
Club: knowledge from running things, first hand
Here I pass on what fifteen years of building and operating produced — real cases including the wrong decisions, answers to your specific questions, and material you can copy. Not off-the-shelf courses, not a forum without a face.
Tell me at launch What is inside
By Vladimir Vinogradov, Vingrad GmbH, Kreuzlingen.
At a glance
- Status
- in preparation
- Form
- subscription, cancellable monthly
- Access
- free and paid
- Launch
- to be announced
The idea
People who build alone or in pairs have nobody to ask when the database stalls at three in the morning or the cloud bill doubles. Buying consulting for that rarely pays off — it is usually half an hour of work. The club is that half hour as a subscription: you ask, I answer from my own operations, and whatever is useful for everyone stays there for everyone.
What is inside
Four things, all of them from real projects.
Answers to your questions
You describe your situation and get an assessment from someone who runs the same kind of system — not read out of the documentation.
Material to take away
Templates, checklists and configurations that are in use here: deployment, monitoring, backups, cost control.
Shared sessions
Regular meetings on one topic, with questions afterwards. The recording stays in the archive.
Free to read
The open posts appear in my journal: what I am building, what went wrong and what I learned from it. That way you can judge tone and depth before any money changes hands.
Access
Free
Part of the cases and posts is open — so you can see whether the tone and the level suit you before any money moves.
Subscription
Archive, material, your own questions and the sessions. Cancellable monthly; the price is fixed before launch.
Who it is for
Solo developers
who do everything themselves, from the idea to the server.
Small teams
without infrastructure people of their own that still have to stay productive.
Career changers
putting their first application into production with nobody to ask.
Frequently asked questions
What exactly am I paying for?
Access to the cases and the material, the ability to ask your own questions, and the sessions. Not for a community that keeps itself busy.
How often does something new arrive?
Regular posts and one session per month are planned. The exact cadence is set before launch — rather less often and useful than weekly and thin.
Can I bring my own situation?
Yes, that is the core of it. Where confidential detail is involved the answer stays private; where it helps others it goes into the archive with your consent.
Which language does the club run in?
German and English.
Am I tied in?
No. Cancellable monthly, no minimum term.
What will it cost?
The price is not fixed yet and will be published before launch, not after. The free part stays free.
Be there at the start
Send a line about what you are working on and where it hurts. You hear from me before the club opens — and get a say in which topic comes first.
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