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The cheapest reliability fix is usually deleting a queue.

After six years of platform audits, we have a running tally of the remediations that changed the most before week three. Roughly none involved a new database.

DISPATCH
May 9, 2026 / 12 min
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APR 28, 2026

Microservices, on their own, are not an operating model.

A field report on the moment service boundaries start to fail and the thin layer of ownership we end up writing every time.

ARCHITECTURE9 min
APR 14, 2026

Why we still print a one-page architecture brief.

A diagram is useful. A single page beside the team during implementation is better. What changed when we started leaving one behind.

PROCESS6 min
MAR 31, 2026

When not to use event sourcing.

The questions we ask before a team commits to temporal history, projections and years of operational complexity.

DEVELOPMENT11 min
MAR 17, 2026

The four dashboards that matter.

We audited twenty-two platforms we have shipped. Most of the noise comes from the same missing panels.

RELIABILITY7 min
MAR 03, 2026

A two-week incident review, end to end.

A practical look at the hours, decisions and operational changes that came out of a recent production incident review.

CASE STUDY14 min
FEB 18, 2026

What we look for in a senior engineer.

We hire slowly. Here is the rubric we actually use and the work-sample interview that produces it.

HIRING8 min
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