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Valendra in Diario de Jerez: how we are developing Sherry 0.1
We share our Diario de Jerez feature and how we are developing Sherry 0.1, our configurable reasoning project, from Jerez, Spain.
The Valendra Blog
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Company
Valendra joins NVIDIA Inception with QDivZero
Valendra joins NVIDIA Inception with QDivZero. Here is what the program adds to our AI engineering practice and the systems we bring into production.
Cloud Infrastructure
AWS cost optimization | FinOps guide
AWS cost optimization guide with FinOps: right-sizing, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot, Kubernetes cost control, and a continuous review process.
Data Engineering
Data platform architecture | Practical guide
Complete guide to data platform architecture: contracts, lineage, BigQuery, Airflow, and governance. Everything you need to move from storage to a real platform.
Cloud Infrastructure
Kubernetes in production | Complete guide
Complete guide to Kubernetes in production: security, scaling, observability, networking, and ingress migration. Everything you need to operate with control.
AI
MLOps in production | Practical guide
Complete guide to MLOps in production: from self-hosted LLMs to evaluation, embeddings, and agent security. Everything you need to operate ML with control.
AI
RAG in production | Architecture and costs
Guide to RAG implementation in production: architecture, chunking, embeddings, retrieval, evaluation, and cost control. From prototype to a governable system.
Cloud Infrastructure
GitOps with ArgoCD | Helm and environment values
A practical GitOps implementation guide with ArgoCD, Helm, environment values, PR previews, and hooks, focused on operational benefits that matter.
Data Engineering
BigQuery on GCP | Setup, IAM and credentials
Enable BigQuery on GCP, create datasets, configure IAM, and generate secure credentials or JSON keys for your data team.
Data Engineering
Airflow 3 migration | Production guide
How to migrate to Airflow 3 in production with compatibility checks, Task SDK planning, metadata database safeguards, rollback design, and validation gates.
Cloud Infrastructure
EKS Auto Mode vs Karpenter | How to choose
A production-focused comparison of EKS Auto Mode vs Karpenter, centered on operational control, day-2 burden, cost, and risk when scaling Kubernetes on AWS.
AI
MCP in production | Security and governance
MCP in production is less about protocol compatibility than control. This guide covers security, authorization, tool isolation, and governance for enterprise teams.
Cloud Infrastructure
DevOps trends 2026 | Platforms and reliability
The DevOps trends in 2026 that actually change delivery, security, cost, and reliability for teams already operating in production.
AI
Self-hosted LLMs | Ollama vs vLLM vs TGI
Comparison of Ollama, vLLM, and TGI for self-hosted inference focused on latency, throughput, control, and total cost.
AI
AWS vs GCP vs Azure for AI/ML | 2026 guide
2026 comparison of AWS, GCP, and Azure for AI/ML with focus on control, cost, model deployment, and operational friction.
Cloud Infrastructure
Migrating NGINX Ingress | Post-retirement guide
Practical guide to migrating NGINX Ingress after retirement with decision criteria, canary rollout, rollback, and edge control.
Software Development
CVE-2025-55182 in React/Next.js | Impact and fix
Response guide for CVE-2025-55182 in React and Next.js focused on real exposure, mitigation, and production verification.
Cloud Infrastructure
Amazon SES multi-tenant | Reputation and delivery
Practical guide to designing Amazon SES per tenant with isolated reputation, suppression, and metrics without losing operational control.
AI
Multimodal embeddings | Search guide
How to use multimodal embeddings to align text and image with higher relevance, less friction, and a governable model path.
AI
Scalable model training | Rigor before compute
How to standardize model training and evaluation to scale ML with comparable metrics, visible cost, and reproducible results.
AI
Semantic search for ecommerce | Relevance and ROI
How to design semantic search for ecommerce with hybrid ranking, observability, and an experience that actually converts.
AI
Personalized recommendations | Ecommerce ROI
How to design personalized recommendations for ecommerce with better conversion, AOV, and operational control over ranking.
AI
Ecommerce chatbot | Sales and loyalty
How to design an ecommerce chatbot that reduces friction, improves conversion, and scales without becoming operational debt.
Cloud Infrastructure
CI/CD deployment automation | Lower-risk releases
How to move from manual deployments to governable CI/CD with validation, rollback, and observability in real teams.
Cloud Infrastructure
Ecommerce on Kubernetes | Handle traffic spikes
How to scale an ecommerce platform on Kubernetes and AWS to handle demand spikes without inflating baseline cost or operational risk.
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud migration | No-downtime guide
How to execute a phased cloud migration with rollback, observability, and business continuity without improvisation.
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