Posts | Thomas Nys | The Fractional Data Architect

Architecture coupling costs - how shared services slow roadmap delivery

Dependencies - Hidden Drags on Progress

Velocity paradox in engineering - how shortcuts become walls at speed

The Velocity Paradox

Engineer retention and technical debt - how poor architecture drives attrition

Why Your Best Engineers Leave - It's the Architecture

Internal platform product mindset - treating engineering teams as customers

Platform as Product - Enabling Team Autonomy

Technical debt refactoring myth - why teams never find time to fix architecture

The Expensive Lie - We'll Refactor Later

Event-driven architecture benefits - reducing coordination overhead in integrations

Event-Driven Architecture - Eliminating Integration Pain

Architecture business context - why technical design needs strategic alignment

Connecting Architecture to Business Goals

MVP technical debt trap - hidden interest rates on quick launches

Why MVP Thinking Creates Permanent Debt

Senior engineer burnout - how technical debt turns talent into firefighters

How Poor Architecture Turns Seniors Into Firefighters

Engineering culture and technical debt - speed without quality creates drag

Speed-only cultures build hidden debt, not velocity