Microservices vs. Monoliths: What the Data Actually Shows After 5 Years
We surveyed 400 engineering teams who made the switch either direction. The results challenge most of what you’ve read on the topic.
The Hidden Cost of Over-Engineering: A Post-Mortem on Our Rewrite
We spent eight months building something nobody asked for. Here’s what we learned about building for the present, not a hypothetical future.
The Database Architecture Decision That Took Us 18 Months to Undo
We chose the wrong database model for our use case. Here’s the honest story of what happened, why, and how we eventually fixed it.
Building a High-Availability Service: The Architecture Decisions That Matter
Four nines of availability (99.99%) sounds like a stretch goal. Here’s the architecture pattern that makes it an engineering problem, not a prayer.
The Case for Boring Technology
The technology choices that make for exciting conference talks are often the same choices that make for painful on-call rotations. Here’s the argument for deliberately boring.
Distributed Tracing: From Zero to Useful in a Week
Distributed tracing sounds complex to set up. The reality in 2026 is that you can get meaningful traces running in days. Here’s the practical guide.
The Database Migration Strategy That Doesn’t Take Down Your Production System
Schema migrations are one of the riskiest operations in production systems. Here’s the expand/contract pattern that makes them safe and reversible.
Feature Flags: The Infrastructure Every Team Should Have Before Shipping New Features
Feature flags change the risk profile of software deployment from binary (in/out) to gradual. Here’s how to implement them and how they change your deployment process.
Event-Driven Architecture: When It’s the Right Choice and When It’s Not
Event-driven architecture solves specific problems exceptionally well and creates new problems in exchange. Here’s how to make the tradeoff deliberately.
Multi-Tenant Architecture: Patterns for Building SaaS That Scales
Multi-tenancy is one of the most consequential architecture decisions in SaaS development. Here’s how to get the data isolation model right from the start.