The End of ingress-nginx: How We’re Navigating the Migration
The End of ingress-nginx: How We’re Navigating the Migration Architecture, Cloudnative, Kubernetes 2026-01-29 By Simon Rondelez Ingress-nginx is being retired in March 2026. After analyzing over 1,000 ingress resources across our managed clusters, we’ve landed on a hybrid approach: Traefik as the default replacement, with AWS Load Balancer Controller for environments that benefit from tight […]
Retreat recap: Frasso Telesino
Retreat recap: Frasso Telesino Culture, Team 2025-12-17 By Simon Rondelez We went to the hills near Naples with a simple intent: get in the same room, build together, and come back with the engine running smoother. Not “a vacation with laptops” and not “a conference” either. Something more human, more focused, and a little more […]
Understanding how we organize at Skyscrapers using self-managing principles.
Understanding how we organize at Skyscrapers using self-managing principles. Culture, Team 2025-11-18 By Frederik Denkens At Skyscrapers, we’ve embraced a self-managing organizational structure that replaces traditional hierarchy with clarity, autonomy, and shared responsibility. If you’re looking at our organisation structure for the first time, it might look different from what you’re used to. This guide […]
From the Field: Are our customers rethinking their cloud strategy amid the current geopolitical climate?
From the Field: Are our customers rethinking their cloud strategy amid the current geopolitical climate? Automation, Cloud, SaaS 2025-10-22 By Daniel Campos We asked our customers to share their views on whether recent geopolitical and economic factors (such as potential tariffs between the USA and EU) might influence their cloud strategy. Specifically, we wanted to […]
Uncovering our values, with a dash of spirituality
Uncovering our values, with a dash of spirituality Culture, Team 2024-06-12 Every person, group, or company has values, even if they are not made explicit. We decided it was time to capture ours and write them down. This will support hiring, improve decision-making, and foster more meaningful conversations as a team. The way we did […]
Switching from Terraform to OpenTofu
Switching from Terraform to OpenTofu Cloud, DevOps-as-a-service 2024-06-11 Switching from Terraform to OpenTofu Author: Simon Rondelez In the ever-evolving landscape of infrastructure as code (IaC), staying adaptable and proactive is crucial. Our latest initiative involves transitioning from Terraform to OpenTofu, driven primarily by the recent licensing changes introduced in Terraform version 1.6.0 and beyond. […]
Our retreats are vital for our remote culture
Our retreats are vital for our remote culture Culture, Team 2024-05-17 Some weeks ago, our team came together for another bi-annual retreat. In a nice place (Dinant, Belgium), away from daily operations and regular work, we enjoyed a whole week of deep connection, good fun and reflection on us as a company. These regular retreats […]
Scaling your SaaS: In-house DevOps team or outsource?
Scaling your SaaS: In-house DevOps team or outsource? DevOps 2023-12-06 In any SaaS business, be it a startup, scale-up or corporate venture, the importance of an efficient development team cannot be overstated. While your developers focus on creating features that bring customer value, having mature DevOps processes and a cloud-based Internal Developer Platforms (“IDP”) in […]
The Advantages of Being Part of a Remote International Team: Our Retreat in Spain.
The Advantages of Being Part of a Remote International Team: Our Retreat in Spain. Team 2023-11-30 Building a strong team There is a lot to say about being part of a remote, international team, and I have committed myself to talking more about this topic in the future. A major advantage of remote companies like […]
Endpoint security in a remote SaaS DevOps team with CrowdStrike and Kolide.
Endpoint security in a remote SaaS DevOps team with CrowdStrike and Kolide. SaaS 2023-01-09 Implementing Endpoint Security in a SaaS environment. Skyscrapers is a small but growing company and the team works 100% remote from different countries. Today, we manage about 43 developer platforms (based on AWS, Azure and Kubernetes) for more than 20 SaaS […]