# The Good Shell

> The Good Shell is a remote-first DevOps, SRE and Web3 infrastructure consultancy for products that can't afford to break: AI products, SaaS platforms and blockchain validator operations. Senior engineers only, transparent pricing (free 30-min review, $4,500 fixed 7-day audit, hours bank from 40 hours), no lock-in contracts. Operates validator infrastructure across 24 blockchain networks with 10M+ daily checks and 99.97% uptime.

Key facts: engagement models are Hours Bank (from 40 hours, top up anytime), Project Delivery (fixed scope, free written work plan first) and Staff Augmentation (embedded engineer, stop with 30 days notice). Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute infrastructure review with 2-3 concrete findings. Mutual NDA on day 1 by default; clients meet their engineer before anything starts. Stack: Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, AWS, GCP, Azure, PostgreSQL, Redis. Chains: Ethereum, Cosmos SDK ecosystem, Solana, EVM chains and more.

## Services

- [Services overview](https://thegoodshell.com/services/): The five service lines: DevOps & CI/CD, Site Reliability Engineering, Web3 Infrastructure, Validator & Node Operations, SaaS Infrastructure
- [DevOps consulting](https://thegoodshell.com/devops-consulting/): CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code and cloud architecture
- [SRE services](https://thegoodshell.com/sre-services/): Observability, SLOs, incident management, on-call design and post-mortem culture
- [DevOps outstaffing](https://thegoodshell.com/devops-outstaffing/): Senior engineers embedded in your team without permanent headcount
- [Web3 infrastructure services](https://thegoodshell.com/web3-infrastructure-services/): Node operations, RPC endpoints, validator setup and 24/7 monitoring
- [AI infrastructure](https://thegoodshell.com/ai-infrastructure/): Platform engineering, observability and reliability for AI workloads, LLM apps, agents and RAG systems
- [7-Day Infrastructure Audit](https://thegoodshell.com/infrastructure-audit/): $4,500 fixed-price senior review with written report, debrief and 100% refund if not a fit after kick-off
- [Observability & SRE with LGTM stack](https://thegoodshell.com/observability-sre-with-lgtm-stack/): Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir observability implementations
- [Cloud cost optimization on Kubernetes](https://thegoodshell.com/cloud-cost-optimization-on-kubernetes/): Reduce cloud spend while maintaining performance
- [RPC infrastructure for Web3](https://thegoodshell.com/rpc-infrastructure-for-web3/): Load-balanced, monitored RPC endpoint infrastructure

## Pricing

- [Pricing](https://thegoodshell.com/pricing/): Transparent pricing: free 30-min review ($0), 7-Day Audit ($4,500 fixed), Hours Bank from 40 hours, Project Delivery and Staff Augmentation on custom quote; 24/7 managed validator ops with defined SLOs
- [Validator TCO calculator](https://thegoodshell.com/validator-tco-calculator/): Interactive calculator for validator total cost of ownership

## Case studies

- [Case studies](https://thegoodshell.com/case-studies/): Client results with metrics
- [ApplyOK](https://thegoodshell.com/case-studies/applyok/): AI SaaS platform engineering: 99.97% uptime, automated deployments, full AI workload observability
- [BlackTide](https://thegoodshell.com/case-studies/blacktide/): Kubernetes-native platform unifying validator operations across 24 blockchain networks, 10M+ daily checks
- [Cezilia](https://thegoodshell.com/case-studies/cezilia/): Reliability and DevOps practices for a fintech platform handling critical transactions

## Guides

- [Blog](https://thegoodshell.com/blog/): Technical guides on DevOps, SRE, Kubernetes and Web3 infrastructure
- [Cosmos validator setup](https://thegoodshell.com/cosmos-validator-setup/): How to set up a Cosmos SDK validator
- [Cosmos validator cost](https://thegoodshell.com/cosmos-validator-cost/): What running a Cosmos validator costs
- [Solana validator setup](https://thegoodshell.com/solana-validator-setup/): How to set up a Solana validator
- [Ethereum validator staking requirements](https://thegoodshell.com/ethereum-validator-staking-requirements/): Requirements to run an Ethereum validator
- [Kubernetes cost optimization](https://thegoodshell.com/kubernetes-cost-optimization/): Practical ways to cut Kubernetes spend
- [Kubernetes for GPU workloads](https://thegoodshell.com/kubernetes-for-gpu-workloads/): Running GPU and AI workloads on Kubernetes
- [vLLM on Kubernetes](https://thegoodshell.com/vllm-kubernetes/): Deploying vLLM inference on Kubernetes
- [SRE vs DevOps](https://thegoodshell.com/site-reliability-engineer-vs-devops/): The difference between SRE and DevOps roles
- [DevOps outstaffing vs in-house](https://thegoodshell.com/devops-outstaffing-vs-in-house/): Cost and speed comparison of hiring models
- [Why AI products break differently](https://thegoodshell.com/why-ai-products-break-differently/): Why AI workloads need different infrastructure
- [Incident runbook template](https://thegoodshell.com/incident-runbook-template/): Ready-to-use incident response runbook

## Company

- [Company](https://thegoodshell.com/company/): Who The Good Shell is and how it operates (outstaffing and project-based)
- [Industries](https://thegoodshell.com/industries/): SaaS, fintech, e-commerce, AI products, Web3
- [Contact](https://thegoodshell.com/contact/): Book a free 30-min infrastructure review; response within 24 hours
- [Careers](https://thegoodshell.com/careers/): Open roles for DevOps, SRE and blockchain infrastructure engineers

## Optional

- [Full content for LLMs](https://thegoodshell.com/llms-full.txt): Expanded version with detailed service, pricing and content data
- [Sitemap](https://thegoodshell.com/sitemap_index.xml): Complete XML sitemap
- [Legal](https://thegoodshell.com/legal/): Legal notice
- [Privacy policy](https://thegoodshell.com/privacy-policy/): Privacy policy
- [Cookie policy](https://thegoodshell.com/cookie-policy/): Cookie policy