RunAs Radio SaaS on Multiple Clouds with Steve Buchanan
Feb 25, 2026
Steve Buchanan, a cloud engineering lead and startup advisor focused on Azure, AKS, and multi-cloud Kubernetes. He talks about moving an Apple-focused SaaS from AWS to Azure and why Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code matter. He covers choosing cloud-agnostic tooling, telemetry and identity parity, networking and tenancy tradeoffs, and practical ways to apply AI to platform engineering.
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Unify Infrastructure Code Into One Framework
- Move toward a single, cross-cloud IaC framework to avoid fragmentation.
- Steve plans to refactor existing Bicep templates into OpenTofu so teams share one infrastructure workflow across AWS and Azure.
Managed Kubernetes Has Cloud-Specific Nuances
- Managed Kubernetes offerings differ feature-by-feature so cloud parity is never exact.
- Steve noted AKS, EKS and GKE each have strengths, and teams must account for nuanced differences when running the same workloads.
Abstract Clouds From Developers With GitOps
- Use GitOps and platform engineering to shield developers from cloud differences.
- Steve recommends tools like Argo CD so devs push one containerized artifact and the platform handles cloud deployment details.