Insights
Practical articles for CTOs and engineering leaders on AI-assisted delivery, Staff-level leadership, architecture and platforms. A new article every Thursday.
Architecture and modernization
Modernization paths, system boundaries and decisions that keep delivery moving.
- 01From Microservices to Modular Monolith: A Field Report8 min readHow a four-developer team reduced distributed-system overhead, moved from seven deployables to one, and shipped faster with a modular monolith.
- 02Hexagonal Architecture in Production: 18 Months Later8 min readWhat held up, what created friction, and how to make Ports and Adapters useful for delivery teams instead of turning it into architecture ceremony.
- 03When DDD Is Overkill — And When It Isn't8 min readA pragmatic decision rule for using Domain-Driven Design only where the domain earns the cost.