Hi, I am Re (pronounced like Ray). I work at AWS as a Principal Solutions Architect where I spend my days designing resilient systems that scale.

In my free time, I'm fascinated by another kind of system: the psychological ones that shape how we love, hurt, and heal.

I look for patterns wherever I can find them—in distributed architectures, family dynamics, and the gap between words and meaning. I like to read for insight into human nature, dance (poorly) to reggaeton songs, and write about whatever catches my attention. I write to learn. My writing explores both the architecture of software and the architecture of transformation.

Living beneath the tall evergreens in Washington State has taught me that building a peaceful family is harder—and more rewarding—than building any system.

I've written a book about building ML systems on Kubernetes. It is available for purchase on Amazon and also open sourced for free on GitHub.

I'm taking a break from Medium. My newer posts are on my personal site: https://blog.realvarez.com

Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.