Field notes
Field notes
Writing from the infrastructure we actually run — what broke, what it cost, and what the fix turned out to be.
Why this exists
There is one rule here, and it is the reason this page is short: a post goes up only if it could have been written because we run this infrastructure. Real estates, real numbers, real failures. Anything that could have been written by someone who has never held a pager stays unpublished.
Posts
Security · 10 min
The seven questions your security reviewer will ask about an offshore vendor
A certification logo is not an answer. The scope statement behind it is, and almost nobody asks to see one.
Sahil Dubey, Group Managing Director · 23 October 2026
Infrastructure · 11 min
VMware alternatives in 2026: what the companies actually leaving are doing
Almost everyone is leaving. Almost nobody has left. The gap between those two facts is the whole decision.
Sahil Dubey, Group Managing Director · 23 October 2026
Build vs buy · 12 min
In-house vs outsourced DevOps: the comparison with the compliance column in it
Most comparisons put two salary figures side by side and stop. The column that decides the question is the one about who holds root.
Sahil Dubey, Group Managing Director · 23 October 2026
Pricing · 11 min
What offshore IT outsourcing actually costs
Every vendor page has a section headed 'how much does this cost'. Almost none of them contain a number. Here are ours.
Sahil Dubey, Group Managing Director · 23 October 2026
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