Notes on dataarchitecture.
Short essays on architecture, cost, hiring and AI: one cartoon, one idea, most days of the week. No tutorials, no listicles.
Why MVP Thinking Creates Permanent Debt
You shipped the MVP. The business loved it. Three years later, you're still paying interest.
Read →How Poor Architecture Turns Seniors Into Firefighters
If your top talent spends more time debugging than designing, it's not a talent problem; it's a debt problem.
Read →Speed-only cultures build hidden debt, not velocity
Speed-only cultures build hidden debt, not velocity.
Read →The architecture decisions you can't reverse
The architecture decisions you can't reverse
Read →Why hiring more developers won't fix your delivery proble...
Why hiring more developers won't fix your delivery problems A lack of hands doesn't cause slow delivery. It's a lack of coherence that …
Read →Most integration pain is self-inflicted
Most integration pain is self-inflicted.
Read →Most teams view architecture as code
Most teams view architecture as code. Boxes. Lines. Repos. Services.
Read →Dependencies are the hidden drag for your delivery speed
Dependencies are the hidden drag for your delivery speed.
Read →Communication debt becomes technical debt
Communication debt becomes technical debt.
Read →Tech solutions don't fix human problems - they magnify them
Tech solutions don't fix human problems - they magnify them.
Read →Want expert eyes on your data architecture?
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