Igor Fil

I'm Igor, an AWS Solutions Architect helping startups build resilient, scalable cloud systems. With nearly a decade building the cloud at Amazon and in the cloud for startups to enterprises, I design solutions that handle spikes, cut costs, and drive growth. I advise select startups, turning tech challenges into wins.

Me Included

August 12, 2026

Every programmer will tell you their code is better than average. Me included. That’s why every programmer now says AI code is bad. But “good code” was never aesthetics — it was ergonomics for the bottleneck: human cognition. The bottleneck moved.

Everyone Is Afraid of Missing a Train That Isn't Coming

July 31, 2026

Recruiters flood my inbox 3-4 times a week with Forward Deployed Engineer offers. Postings are up 700%. Billions are being spent on a job that didn’t exist two years ago. I’ve seen this stampede before — microservices, Kubernetes, Kafka — and I keep saying no.

Resilience ≠ Slowing Down — Building AI Systems That Survive Contact with Reality

June 11, 2026

Resilience isn’t the opposite of speed — ignorance is. At AWS Summit Los Angeles, I talked about why AI startups need Business Impact Analysis, targeted recovery objectives, and a framework that treats resilience, security, and cost as the same architectural problem.

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