Our Mission: No Fluff, Just Engineering.
The internet is currently drowning in shallow technical content. You know the kind: articles that read like rehashed vendor marketing brochures, or tutorials that only cover the “happy path” and fall apart the moment you hit a real-world snag.
Rack2Cloud exists to counter that noise.
We are built for Systems Engineers, Cloud Architects, and IT professionals who need practical, field-tested insights to do their jobs better. We respect your time too much to publish fluff. These guidelines are our promise to you that the content on this site is rigorous, honest, and rooted in actual engineering experience.
1. Who Writes for Rack2Cloud
Authority doesn’t come from a job title; it comes from getting your hands dirty. Rack2Cloud is a single-author technical resource led by The Architect. Content is not outsourced to generalist copywriters or AI generators. Every article, script, and architectural diagram is produced by a practicing Solutions Architect with 25+ years of infrastructure experience. We write based on what we have broken in the lab, what we have fixed in production at 3:00 AM, and the complex solutions we design for actual enterprise customers. If it hasn’t been lived or labbed by the Architect, it doesn’t get published.
2. Defining the “Deep Dive”
You will often see articles on our site tagged as a “Deep Dive.” For an article to earn this designation, it must meet specific criteria:
- Beyond the Docs: It must go beyond repeating official vendor documentation. It explains the why behind a feature, not just the what.
- Architectural Impact: It must discuss the implications of a technology on upstream and downstream systems.
- The Reality of Trade-offs: No solution is perfect. A Deep Dive must honestly discuss the limitations and potential “gotchas” of a configuration.
- The “Grey Space” Clause: We often explore undocumented workarounds or “field fixes.” While we anchor ourselves in supportability, we aren’t afraid to discuss the unofficial methods that actually solve the problem in a pinch.
3. Our Technical Vetting Process
We employ a rigorous three-stage vetting process designed to build trust:
Stage 1: The “Lab-First” Requirement Whenever feasible, configurations and tutorials are validated in a live home lab or cloud sandbox before publication. If we provide a script or performance claim, it is because we watched it happen on our own metal.
Stage 2: The Peer Challenge Before a major piece goes live, it is reviewed by another experienced engineer. Their job is to challenge architectural assumptions and ensure we aren’t overlooking critical edge cases.
Stage 3: Documentation Anchoring & Versioning We cross-reference against official vendor documentation (AWS, Nutanix, etc.). Furthermore, we include “Last Validated On” dates for specific software versions to ensure our advice remains relevant to the stack you are actually running.
4. Objectivity and Vendor Neutrality
Rack2Cloud is independent. We do not accept payment from vendors for favorable coverage. Our comparisons are based on verifiable technical criteria like scalability limits and licensing models. While we may use affiliate links to support our operations, these partnerships never influence our technical verdicts. For more details, see our Full Disclosures.
5. AI and Content Generation Policy
AI is a tool, not a replacement for expertise. We use AI for outlining or grammar cleanup, but never for generating technical advice, architectural recommendations, or unverified code. The insight comes from human experience; AI just helps us type it faster.
6. Corrections and Updates
Technology changes fast. If you spot a technical inaccuracy, please reach out. Significant technical corrections will be made transparently, with an update note logged at the bottom of the article indicating what changed and when.