<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Real Virtuality’s Blog</title><description>Engineering leadership, cloud architecture, and AI systems — Reinhardt van Rooyen, Director of Engineering based in Cape Town.</description><link>https://rvit.co.za</link><item><title>Building LLM-Powered Infrastructure Discovery at AWS Scale</title><link>https://rvit.co.za/blog/llm-powered-infrastructure-discovery-aws</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rvit.co.za/blog/llm-powered-infrastructure-discovery-aws</guid><description>How we designed and deployed an AI agent using AWS Bedrock to automate EC2 instance selection — achieving 95%+ recommendation accuracy across millions of instance types.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Engineering Manager&apos;s Guide to Cloud Cost Optimisation</title><link>https://rvit.co.za/blog/engineering-manager-guide-cloud-cost-optimisation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rvit.co.za/blog/engineering-manager-guide-cloud-cost-optimisation</guid><description>Cloud bills compound silently. Here&apos;s a systematic framework for reducing waste without slowing down your teams — drawn from managing infrastructure at AWS scale.</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Your CI/CD Pipeline Is Lying to You</title><link>https://rvit.co.za/blog/why-your-cicd-pipeline-is-lying-to-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rvit.co.za/blog/why-your-cicd-pipeline-is-lying-to-you</guid><description>A fast green build doesn&apos;t mean your software is production-ready. Here&apos;s what I learned building deployment systems at AWS scale — and how to build pipelines that actually tell the truth.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>