Engineering notes from the field
What we've learned building and running production systems, written by the engineers who did the work.
Architecture
The strangler-fig pattern, without the drama
How we migrate legacy monoliths one capability at a time, and the three mistakes that turn it into a two-system nightmare.
August 18, 2026, 8 min read
AI
Evaluating LLM features before they reach customers
A demo is not a product. Here is the evaluation harness we ship with every AI feature.
July 29, 2026, 10 min read
Cloud
A practical guide to data residency in Canadian cloud regions
What data residency really requires, which services quietly send data elsewhere, and how to prove compliance.
July 2, 2026, 7 min read
DevOps
DORA metrics that actually change behaviour
Deployment frequency is easy to game. Here is how we use the four key metrics to find real bottlenecks.
June 10, 2026, 6 min read
Design
Accessibility in enterprise software is an engineering problem
Why accessible data tables, forms and dashboards start in the component library, not in an audit.
May 21, 2026, 5 min read
Quality
The testing pyramid in 2026: what changed
Faster browsers, contract testing and ephemeral environments have reshaped how we balance test types.
April 30, 2026, 7 min read
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