Notebook
Notes on architecture decisions, lessons learned, and how I think about building software.
The most reliable systems I have worked on use boring technology. Not because the team was afraid of new tools, but because they understood a fundamental truth: predictability beats performance in…
I made several architectural mistakes building Digital Wave CRM that I would correct if starting over. Documenting them here so others can avoid the same traps.
The only constant in software is that requirements change. Teams that accept this design differently from teams that believe they can get it right the first time.
I have shipped over 50 production releases in the past 18 months across three platforms. Here is what I learned about deployment reliability.
I do not give precise estimates. I give ranges. The wider the uncertainty, the wider the range. This is not avoiding commitment — it is engineering honesty.
Junior engineers ask: 'how do I write better code?' Senior engineers ask: 'how do I read code faster?'