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Anshul Sao

Co-Founder & CTO

Anshul is the technical visionary behind Facets' platform engineering approach. Former Chief Architect at Capillary Technologies with deep expertise in cloud architecture.

Posts & Sessions

34 contributions sorted by most recent

BLOGOrchestration

Unifying Your Toolchain: Introducing the Facets Orchestration Platform

Learn how an infrastructure orchestrator allows platform engineers to become enablers, enabling developers to self-service.

Aug 11, 20255 min read
BLOGBlueprints

Unifying Your Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC): The Power of Blueprints

Learn how blueprints, a declarative representation of your entire application architecture can replace the fragmented approach by providing a single source of truth for all elements of your software product

Aug 6, 20254 min read
PODCAST #2aiorchestration

MCP Without the Hype: Founders Take

A candid co-founders' discussion on Model Context Protocol and its real-world implications beyond the hype

Jun 3, 202551 mins
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BLOGTerraform

Eliminating Terraform's Hidden Tax

Eliminating Terraform's Hidden Tax - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

May 15, 20255 min read
BLOGTerraformContracts

Beyond Terraform Modules: Infrastructure Design by Contract

Beyond Terraform Modules: Infrastructure Design by Contract - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

May 12, 20257 min read
BLOGTerraform

Part 3: Why You Should Use IaC to Deploy Your Applications

Traditional CI/CD pipelines rely on hidden manual processes, making deployments fragile. Learn how Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can automate infra, pipelines, and configurations—eliminating manual steps and ensuring true automation.

Feb 14, 20255 min read
BLOGTerraform

Why a Big, Unified Terraform Project is the Way to Seamless Operations

Why a Big, Unified Terraform Project is the Way to Seamless Operations - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Jan 8, 20256 min read
BLOGTerraform

Part 2: Embracing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for Secure and Efficient Configuration Management

Explore how Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can address challenges associated with traditional configuration and secret management by automating configurations and securely managing secrets across environments.

Jan 3, 20256 min read
BLOGPlatform Engineering

Facets.cloud and Spotify Backstage: A Unified Vision for Platform Engineering

Backstage and Facets.cloud work together to simplify platform engineering. Learn how Facets.cloud builds on Backstage’s strengths, offering a unified solution for efficient, scalable, and standardized software delivery.

Jan 3, 20254 min read
BLOGStandardization

Part 1:Why Traditional Configuration Management Falls Short and What to Do About It

Traditional configuration management creates headaches for developers with high maintenance, security risks, and inefficiencies. Find out why it falls short and what can be done to fix it.

Nov 25, 20243 min read
BLOGInternal Developer Platform

Building an Internal Developer Platform: The Harsh Reality Behind the Promise

Is your internal developer platform slowing down deployment velocity? See why buying an extensible IDP accelerates innovation and boosts productivity compared to complex in-house platforms.

Oct 21, 202411 min read
BLOGDeveloper Self-Service

What are Self-Service Infrastructure Management Platforms? Needs & Benefits...

This article will explore self-service infrastructure for developers and application owners. We'll see how it works, why it's becoming essential, and how it can accelerate and simplify your workflows.

Oct 2, 20249 min read
BLOGProduct News

Product Updates: Audit Logs, UI Changes, Artifact Pinning, and more!

Product Updates: Audit Logs, UI Changes, Artifact Pinning, and more! - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

May 15, 20244 min read
BLOGProduct News

Product Updates: PR Workflow for Blueprint Changes, GCP Enhancements, and more!

Product Updates: PR Workflow for Blueprint Changes, GCP Enhancements, and more! - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Apr 11, 20246 min read
BLOGEnvironment Management

Crafting the Ideal Development Environment for Optimal Software Development

This blog post guides you through developer environment setup strategies - shared development, multiple isolated, local environments - balancing cloud costs, team collaboration, and coding flexibility for efficient software development.

Mar 21, 20245 min read
BLOGStandardization

Enhancing Software Development with Integrated Observability by Design in SDLC

Learn how integrating observability components into every phase of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) enhances software quality, reliability, and performance, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Mar 6, 20246 min read
BLOGOrchestrationAI & AutomationProduct News

Facets’ Kubernetes Copilot: AI-driven debugging superpowers for your team

Kubernetes Copilot, enhanced with K8sGPT and conversational AI, not only elevates your debugging experience but also empowers you to excel in the complex cloud-native landscape.

Feb 7, 20243 min read
BLOGInternal Developer PlatformDeveloper Self-Service

What is a Developer Self-Service Platform and Why Does it Matter?

This article will dive into the need for developer self-service platforms—their components, benefits, challenges, and more—to understand their growing relevance in enabling engineering velocity.

Jan 11, 202413 min read
WEBINARplatform-engineeringstandardization

Purplle's Platform Modernization Journey

How Purplle used platform engineering to handle 10x complexity while scaling India's largest beauty e-commerce platform

Dec 5, 202346 mins
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BLOGInternal Developer Platform

The Business Impact of Internal Developer Platforms for Improved ROI

How can businesses maximize ROI from internal developer platforms? Examine the measurable impact IDPs have on revenue, costs, productivity, and time-to-market.

Nov 30, 202311 min read
BLOGInternal Developer Platform

Internal Developer Platforms: The Secret Weapon for Developer Productivity

This article will dive deep into the developer productivity challenges, explain how IDPs improve productivity through workflow optimization and automation, and why IDPs matter for modern tech-first organizations.

Nov 23, 202310 min read
BLOGContractsProduct News

New Feature Launch: A Quick Introduction to the Guardrail Policies

We're introducing our latest feature: Guardrail policies, a solution designed to streamline policy management for your entire infrastructure using the power of Open Policy Agent (OPA) integration.

Nov 7, 20236 min read
BLOGInternal Developer Platform

Build vs. Buy: Deciding Between an In-House or Third-Party Internal Developer Platform

Build vs. Buy: Deciding Between an In-House or Third-Party Internal Developer Platform - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Oct 2, 20238 min read
BLOGBlueprintsProduct News

Effortless Infrastructure Visualization: A Look into Facets' Blueprint Designer

Effortless Infrastructure Visualization: A Look into Facets' Blueprint Designer - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Sep 21, 20234 min read
BLOGOrchestration

Blue-Green Deployment Conundrum: The Need for Versioned Secrets/ConfigMaps

Blue-Green Deployment Conundrum: The Need for Versioned Secrets/ConfigMaps - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Sep 13, 20233 min read
BLOGStandardizationProduct News

Transform your DevOps access control with Facets RBAC Management

Transform your DevOps access control with Facets RBAC Management - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

May 19, 20232 min read
BLOGEnvironment Management

Overcoming Local Development Hurdles in Microservices with Environment Leasing

Overcoming Local Development Hurdles in Microservices with Environment Leasing - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

May 9, 20235 min read
BLOGPlatform Engineering

From Tracking Success To Becoming Efficient: Defining DevOps Metrics

From Tracking Success To Becoming Efficient: Defining DevOps Metrics - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Apr 13, 202311 min read
BLOGOrchestrationProduct News

Streamline Build Promotion Management across Different Environments

Streamline Build Promotion Management across Different Environments - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Feb 28, 20232 min read
BLOGStandardizationProduct News

The By-Design Approach to Simplifying Config management - Part 2

The By-Design Approach to Simplifying Config management - Part 2 - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Feb 13, 20232 min read
BLOGStandardization

Shifting the DevOps Paradigm: Transitioning from by-Audit to by-Design Practices

Shifting the DevOps Paradigm: Transitioning from by-Audit to by-Design Practices - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Jan 24, 20236 min read
BLOGStandardizationProduct News

The By-Design Approach to Simplifying Configuration Management - Part 1

The By-Design Approach to Simplifying Configuration Management - Part 1 - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Jan 18, 20232 min read
BLOGPlatform EngineeringProduct News

Changelog for Configurations In Facets: Making It Easy to Inspect Version History

Changelog for Configurations In Facets: Making It Easy to Inspect Version History - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Jan 4, 20231 min read
BLOGOrchestrationProduct News

How to Rollback to a Previous Version of a Microservice Using Facets

How to Rollback to a Previous Version of a Microservice Using Facets - insights and best practices from the Facets engineering team.

Dec 23, 20221 min read