Architecture
107 posts filed under Architecture.
Eng Manager Data Questions
Four questions, asked consistently, replaced most of one engineering manager's architecture decisions.
Read →Fractional Multi-Client Economics
A company at 40 people needs senior data judgment about 2 days a week. Full-time is the wrong container.
Read →Cloud Provider Lock-In Audit
Single-cloud is a fine strategy. Unpriced lock-in is a negotiating position, and not yours.
Read →Ownership Vacuum Patterns
Nobody owned the orders table. Everyone had opinions about it in the incident channel.
Read →36% Learn AI Via Tools
Your engineers are already learning AI at work. The only question is whether it's sanctioned.
Read →Data Mesh Readiness For 50+
A 60-person scaleup asked me to design their data mesh. After the readiness check, we kept the central team.
Read →Leadership Debt Compounds
Tech debt gets a backlog and a budget. Leadership debt gets a shrug, and it compounds faster.
Read →Platform Fragility Post-Organic
Before the term sheet, a CTO asked for a modularity audit. The feared rewrite turned out to be 6 seams.
Read →Governance Added Late Fix
The data lake had 300 datasets and no owner list. The audit notice gave us 4 months.
Read →Iceberg Is Open. Your Security Model Isn't
An auditor asked who could read the customer table. With three engines on one Iceberg catalog, nobody could answer.
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