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Infrastructure for high loads
Fault-tolerant Kubernetes clusters that shoulder millions of requests. Load balancing, databases, caching — tuned to the actual shape of your traffic.
KubernetesPostgreSQLRedisNGINXHAProxy
Wheels up in 3… 2… 1…
DevOps that takes off.
We design platforms that don't falter in turbulence. Traffic spikes, a Friday-night deploy, a data-center outage — your core systems keep flying, steady and on course.
- in the cockpit
- 18y
- in the cockpit
- servers under maintenance
- 2,000
- servers under maintenance
- teams in our squadron
- 30+
- teams in our squadron
Pre-flight check · LIVE
FL 380
Uptime
99.99%
p95 Latency
142ms
Error rate
0.03%
✓terraform plan — 0 unexpected changes
✓k8s rollout restart — 12/12 ready
✓observability — prometheus & grafana green
◌deploy window opens in 00:04:21
Cleared for takeoffBQ-001 · CAPT. QUICK
Who's on board
A small squadron. Serious altitude.
Buckle Quick is more than a DevOps team. We're the guarantee of a safe takeoff and a smooth flight when your infrastructure finally reaches cruising speed.
We've helped launch hundreds of systems — from scrappy seed-stage startups to distributed enterprise platforms serving millions of users. We treat your infrastructure like an aircraft we're personally flying: every checklist honest, every manoeuvre deliberate.
Your infrastructure doesn't just “somehow work” with us. It flies.
Flight manual
What we can fly.
Six disciplines. One squadron. Pick what you need — or let us audit the whole flight deck.
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Turnkey CI/CD
End-to-end code delivery: from a commit to production, zero downtime, zero manual steps, zero dreaded Friday-night deployments.
GitHub ActionsGitLab CIArgoCDFluxHelm
03
Migrations without pain
Infrastructure and application moves to Kubernetes or the cloud — with full risk control, real rollback plans, and downtime measured in seconds, not hours.
AWSGCPHetznerTerraformVelero
04
Observability and alerts
Complete visibility — from business KPIs down to kernel metrics. Alerts that wake you only when something actually matters.
PrometheusVictoriaMetricsGrafanaLokiELK
05
Security as a process
DevSecOps embedded into the pipeline — vulnerability scanning, secret management, WAF, firewall hardening, access audits. Security without drag.
TrivyHashiCorp VaultCloudflareIAMWAF
06
Optimization & tuning
We find the bottlenecks, accelerate databases, tune networks and load balancers. Tangible SLA wins — usually inside the first month.
pgBouncereBPFLinux kernelTCP tuningEnvoy
How we fly
From first contact to autopilot — a repeatable flight plan.
No theatrics, no mystery frameworks. The same six stages we've flown hundreds of times.
- STAGE 01Request acceptedFIRST CONTACT
You reach out. We listen — carefully. What hurts, where you’re flying, what the terrain looks like. The CEO answers personally, because on day one that’s the only person who should.
OutputA one-page shared brief by EOD. - STAGE 02Pre-flight checkINFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS
We audit what actually runs: what’s solid, what’s smouldering, what’s unnecessary. We tell you honestly what deserves attention before takeoff.
OutputRisk-ranked findings + quick-wins list. - STAGE 03Route planningTEST FLIGHT
We stand up a test environment, validate scenarios, and co-author a clear action plan. Everything runs against a checklist. We agree — and only then we move.
OutputRunbook, rollback plan, success criteria. - STAGE 04TakeoffCOMBAT MISSIONS
We ship changes shoulder-to-shoulder with your engineers. Transparent scope, regular updates, no surprise invoices, no hero deploys.
OutputWeekly progress report + live status channel. - STAGE 05ManeuveringAUTOMATION
We remove manual toil, wire up pipelines that actually work on a Friday afternoon, and roll out monitoring that wakes the right person at the right time.
OutputFull CI/CD + observability + on-call setup. - STAGE 06Autopilot24/7 SUPPORT
We stay with you as an escort team. Night shifts, emergency flights, new construction — always ready, always clear on who owns what.
OutputSLA-backed ongoing partnership.
Flight log
Teams already flying with us.
Thousands of flight hours — this is just a slice. Every mission transparent, every handover documented.
Migration from Hetzner to Google Cloud — zero downtime.
GCPGKETerraformRuby on RailsGitLab CIHelmArgoCDPostgreSQL
0s
downtime
GCP
target
Mission outcome
- Migration completed without downtime or incidents.
- Infrastructure resilience and application performance increased significantly.
Tasks
- Migrate from Hetzner to Google Cloud in the shortest possible time.
- Keep zero downtime during migration.
- Eliminate 502 errors during peak loads.
- Optimize backend application performance.
What we found
- Puma was incorrectly configured and could not handle production load.
- Slow PostgreSQL queries were increasing API response time.
- No graceful shutdown mechanism caused broken connections and resource leaks.
What we did
- Designed and implemented fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure on Google Kubernetes Engine.
- Built full Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.
- Adapted Ruby on Rails application to run safely in Kubernetes together with the development team.
- Fixed graceful shutdown to reduce connection loss during deployments.
- Rebuilt CI/CD with GitLab, Helm, and ArgoCD.
- Configured autoscaling based on custom metrics to handle traffic without 502 errors.
- Optimized SQL queries and adjusted database schema.
- Added preemptible nodes to reduce costs without losing fault tolerance.
Results
- Migration completed without downtime or incidents.
- Infrastructure resilience and application performance increased significantly.
- Budget was optimized through a more efficient cloud architecture.
High-load scaling & fault-tolerant enterprise infra.
KubernetesTerraformAnsibleHelmArgoCDElasticsearchRabbitMQRedis+1
100+
ES nodes
HA
core stack
Mission outcome
- Fault tolerance increased across all critical components.
- Search and analytical query performance improved significantly.
Zero-downtime fault-tolerant migration + GitOps in 30 days.
KubernetesPatroniPgBouncerHelmArgoCDVictoriaMetricsGrafanaLoki
30d
delivery
GitOps
model
Mission outcome
- PostgreSQL stopped crashing under load.
- Deployments became reliable and predictable.
Cloud infrastructure in GCP — from scratch.
GCPGKETerraformShared VPCWorkload IdentityGitHub ActionsHelmArgoCD
50%
GCP savings
GKE
platform
Mission outcome
- New infrastructure deployment time was reduced from weeks to minutes.
- Service-to-service security improved and static keys were eliminated.
AWS migration, audit, and dedicated-hosting transition.
AWSEKSRDS AuroraTerraformAnsibleGitLab CIHelmArgoCD+2
5x+
cost reduction
0s
downtime
Mission outcome
- Infrastructure spending was reduced by more than 5x.
- Release stability and speed improved thanks to GitOps and Helm.
High RPS without pain — failover cluster.
KubernetesGitLab CIHelmArgoCDPostgreSQLPgBouncerCiliumDNS
10x
less DNS load
HA
cluster
Mission outcome
- Application deployments became almost zero-downtime.
- PostgreSQL performance and fault tolerance improved significantly.
Migrated to Kubernetes, freed the team from toil.
EKSKubernetesDockerHelmArgoCDApplicationSetsMonitoringLogging
minutes
release time
EKS
platform
Mission outcome
- Feature release time was reduced from days to minutes.
- Developers work faster with automatic stand creation.
We're right next to you
Why it feels calm with us.
You don't need another vendor. You need a co-pilot who has flown this route — and intends to keep flying it with you.
Deep expertise — not theory
Every flight is backed by real high-load, fault-tolerant experience. DevOps here is combat practice, not a slide deck.
Fast, transparent, turnkey
We move quickly and share everything: scope, risks, status, cost. No mystery-meat consulting.
Real missions, not abstract pipelines
We land concrete outcomes — not elaborate frameworks you'll maintain forever.
Part of your team
We don't lob artifacts over a wall. We show up in your Slack, sit in your stand-ups, own the runbooks with you.
From the cockpit
“We're a small but mighty crew. We don't just build infrastructure — we engineer rock-solid reliability. No worries — we fly right alongside you. And yes, I'm in the cockpit on every mission.”
SL
Stepan Lustov
CEO · Captain · Buckle Quick
Stepan Lustov
CEO · captain · buckle core online
Clear for takeoff
Start flying with us at a bird's-eye view.
We'll gradually gain speed, evaluate your setup, and share growth opportunities. If you like the view from up here — we'd be glad to welcome you to the permanent squadron.
- CEO answers personally — always
- First call within 24 hours
- NDA available on request
- No obligation, no pressure pitch
░ Quick line · Telegram @lustovs ░
░ Boarding pass ░
Fast lane to Telegram
No forms, no delays. Message directly and get a quick response from Stepan.
Telegram @lustovsDirect contact only · typically replies within 24 hours.