Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• The last responsible moment

  3 Aug, 2026

  Deferring a decision isn't dodging it. The last responsible moment is the point past which waiting costs you an option — so decide then, not before, not after.

• The cost of premature abstraction

  31 Jul, 2026

  Taught that duplication is the enemy, we abstract too early. But the wrong abstraction costs more than the duplication it replaced — and is far harder to undo.

• Architecture fitness functions

  28 Jul, 2026

  An architecture fitness function turns a design rule from a wish into a test that fails the build when it's broken — and the best ones steer, not just forbid.

• The myth of the 'right' architecture

  27 Jul, 2026

  There's no 'right' architecture to find and lock in — only one that fits the forces on you now. The real job is keeping it able to change when they shift.