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Hey, I'm Chris House

Platform Architect specializing in DevOps, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure. Background in software development and architecture gives me a full-stack perspective on building developer platforms and CI/CD pipelines that teams actually want to use.

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Adding Auth0 Authentication to Backstage: A Complete Guide

Dec 26, 2025 · 8 min read

Step-by-step guide to implementing Auth0 OAuth authentication in Backstage, replacing insecure guest authentication with proper identity management for both local development and production Kubernetes deployments.

#backstage#auth0#authentication#oauth#platform-engineering

Building Golden Paths with Backstage: Part 2 - Preview Environments

Dec 23, 2025 · 15 min read

Automatic ephemeral environments for every pull request: Istio multi-cluster routing, cross-cluster communication, and GitOps-driven preview deployments.

#platform-engineering#backstage#kubernetes#istio#argocd

Building Golden Paths with Backstage: Part 1 - Foundation

Dec 22, 2025 · 10 min read

Building a working golden path from concept to production: shared development clusters, namespace isolation, and end-to-end GitOps deployment with Backstage.

#platform-engineering#backstage#kubernetes#crossplane#argocd
Chris House

Chris House

Platform Architect

13+ years building distributed systems, DevOps pipelines, and Kubernetes platforms.

Memphis, TN
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