Tag: architecture

All the articles with the tag "architecture".

• Shadow mode as a default, not a luxury

  9 Oct, 2026

  Run the new implementation beside the old on real traffic, with every side effect suppressed. Contract tests prove the shape; shadow mode proves behaviour.

• Resilience patterns that earn their keep

  5 Oct, 2026

  Timeouts, retries, circuit breakers, backpressure — you can add all of them and be less reliable. Classify the failure first, or the pattern is decoration.

• How much design up front?

  2 Oct, 2026

  Analysis paralysis and "just start typing" are both answers to a question nobody asked. Design in proportion to reversibility — and spike for the rest.

• A Design Authority without the bureaucracy

  28 Sep, 2026

  A Design Authority gives teams architectural consistency without the bureaucracy — but only with executive teeth and a deliberately light touch.