TB Contributing Infrastructure Expert
Google Cloud Professional Architect, CNCF Certified Kubernetes Admin, 12+ years in cloud infrastructure
Tom is a cloud architect who spends his weekdays consulting for Fortune 500 companies on infrastructure strategy and his evenings running Apache JMeter load tests against shared hosting plans that cost $4 a month. The contrast is deliberate — he believes the same performance analysis rigor that applies to enterprise cloud should apply to the hosting plan a small business owner picks on a Tuesday afternoon. His load testing methodology simulates realistic traffic patterns including the 'Hacker News hug of death' scenario that most hosts promise to handle and precisely zero actually do well. He holds both Google Cloud and Kubernetes certifications, which makes him probably overqualified to review Bluehost, but someone has to do it properly.
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