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Cloud

In production

Production cloud: AWS Lightsail, Azure App Service on StrikeHike v1, Google Cloud with OAuth and the Meet/Calendar APIs, Supabase Postgres.

Updated 15 Nov 2026

01 / PROOF

The measured part

AWS
Lightsail runs StrikeHike and this site
Source
Azure
App Service ran StrikeHike v1
Source
GCP
Google Cloud project, OAuth and the Meet REST API (v2); Calendar API
Source

02 / WHAT I DO

In practice

Run a small production estate on AWS Lightsail with Docker Compose.
Use Supabase Postgres on the Job Portal and the Scheduler.
Run StrikeHike and this site behind Caddy with TLS on the same host.
Ran StrikeHike v1 on Azure App Service.
Run a Google Cloud project with OAuth and the Meet and Calendar APIs; Meet stores recordings in Google Drive.

03 / WHERE I'VE DONE IT

The systems behind it

StrikeHikeLightsail host for StrikeHike and this site.StrikeHikeAzure App Service on StrikeHike v1.RVM CAD Job PortalSupabase Postgres and the Next.js public product.RVM CAD SchedulerSupabase Postgres behind the operations platform.RVM CAD Job PortalGoogle Cloud project, OAuth, Meet REST API (v2) and Calendar API for interviews; recordings in Google Drive.StrikeHikeCaddy edge and TLS on StrikeHike.

04 / STACK

What it runs on

AWS
Lightsail host for StrikeHike and this site
See the system
Azure
StrikeHike v1 ran on Azure App Service
See the system
Google Cloud
Google Cloud project, OAuth, Meet REST API (v2), Calendar API; recordings in Google Drive
See the system
Supabase
Postgres for the public product
See the system
Docker
Compose stack built and cut over on deploy
See the system
Caddy
TLS, routing and reverse proxy
See the system
AWS ▸AWS Glue (in my roles)In my roles
AWS Glue in my roles (self-reported)
Azure ▸Azure Data Factory (in my roles)In my roles
Azure Data Factory in my roles (self-reported)
Azure ▸Azure AI Foundry (in my roles)In my roles
Azure AI Foundry in my roles (self-reported)

05 / LIMITS

What this does not claim

No wider GCP services (BigQuery, GKE) are claimed. No multi-cloud IaC is claimed.

06 / RELATED CASE STUDIES

All work

ProductionStrikeHike

Live at strikehike.com; this engine replaced the first version on 25 Oct 2026. No accuracy or usage figures are claimed.

StrikeHike: a macro and planetary research terminal, built and run solo

A live research site that sets the US macro record beside the planetary sky, with tested claims, a weekly roundup, a public ledger, upcoming dates, and recession and decline histories. Next.js and FastAPI. Research, not advice.

131 of 131 commits on its main branch are mine

Built and testedRVM CAD Job Portal

Merged with 616 of 616 tests passing at 48c3cab1 (23 Jun 2026). RVM approved describing the behaviour on 15 Nov 2026; production rollout state was not independently verified.

Interviews that schedule, record and file themselves

One interview, end to end in the Job Portal: a Google Meet space and invites, a consent gate before recording, a recording state machine, and Drive filing with metadata. Built in one commit, with 616 of 616 tests passing at that commit.

70 files in the feature commit

07 / QUESTIONS

Short answers

Which clouds has KP actually run?

AWS Lightsail runs StrikeHike and this site. Azure App Service ran StrikeHike v1. Supabase Postgres sits under the Job Portal and the Scheduler. The Job Portal interviews use a Google Cloud project with OAuth and the Meet and Calendar APIs; Meet stores recordings in Google Drive.

Is there infrastructure as code?

No. The estate is configured and deployed with Docker Compose, Caddy and CI workflows; multi-cloud Terraform is not claimed.

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