Writing for systems that meet reality.
Original essays and independent publication reviews about architecture, production AI, platforms, reliability, scale, technical leadership, and forward-deployed engineering.
Architecture
Systems, boundaries, APIs, databases, and tradeoffs.
02AI & Data
LLMs, RAG, ML platforms, pipelines, and evaluation.
03Platform & Infrastructure
Cloud, delivery, developer experience, and automation.
04Reliability & Scale
Resilience, failure modes, performance, and capacity.
05Technical Leadership
Strategy, reviews, standards, and cross-team influence.
06Forward-Deployed Engineering
Discovery, prototypes, integrations, and adoption.
Showing 14 articles
AI & Data × Design
AI Architecture for Biotech: Why Production AI Systems Fail at the Workflow Boundary
Original essay · 11 min
AI & Data × Build
The Production AI Stack for Biotech R&D
Original essay · 8 min
Technical Leadership × Strategize
Dashboards Are Not Decision Systems
Original essay · 5 min
Reliability & Scale × Harden
Distributed Systems for Agentic AI
Original essay · 12 min
AI & Data × Design
Enterprise RAG Architecture for Scientific R&D
Original essay · 12 min
Forward-Deployed Engineering × Build
Prototype the Risk, Not the AI Demo
Original essay · 10 min
Forward-Deployed Engineering × Strategize
Why Adoption Is an Architecture Problem
Original essay · 6 min
Technical Leadership × Strategize
Operating Across Software and Operations
Original essay · 6 min
Architecture × Design
Evolutionary Architecture: Designing for Change Without Abandoning Direction
Publication review · Martin Fowler
AI & Data × Scale
Beyond the Model: Reviewing Uber's Michelangelo
Publication review · Uber Engineering
Platform & Infrastructure × Build
Platform Architecture Through Constraints
Publication review · Cloudflare Engineering
Reliability & Scale × Harden
Designing for Failure: Reviewing Netflix's Simian Army
Publication review · Netflix TechBlog
Technical Leadership × Strategize
Technical Leadership Has More Than One Shape
Publication review · StaffEng
Forward-Deployed Engineering × Harden
Reliable Integrations Start at the API Boundary
Publication review · Stripe Engineering