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Essays on engineering leadership, software architecture and the long game of building good teams. New posts every other week.
Featured · Architecture
Most teams reach for microservices to fix a problem they don't have yet. Draw the boundaries inside one deployable first, and let the system tell you when a module has earned its own service.
Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min read
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Handing out tasks isn't delegation. Real delegation means designing what you hand over, how much authority comes with it, and how you'll know it's on track, just like designing an interface.
Oct 13, 2026 · 5 min read
Java
If your mental picture of Java still involves getters, setters and anonymous inner classes, the language has quietly become a different one. Here are the features that change how everyday code looks.
Oct 6, 2026 · 4 min read
Career
You can't keep writing production code at the pace you used to, but you can't stop understanding the system either. Here's what I keep, what I let go, and how I find the time.
Sep 29, 2026 · 5 min read
Architecture
Half an hour of writing can save months of re-arguing a decision nobody remembers making. Here's the template I use, when to write one, and how to keep them useful.
Sep 22, 2026 · 4 min read
Leadership
Engineering leaders who never say no end up saying it anyway, through missed deadlines and burned-out teams. Here's how to say it early, make the trade-offs visible and keep the trust of the people asking.
Sep 15, 2026 · 5 min read
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