Writing
Thoughts on building software that lasts, AI that actually helps, and lessons from two decades of production code.
2025
20-Year Systems, Part 2: The Ops Playbook
The operating playbook that kept a multi-state credentialing platform reliable for two decades.
20-Year Systems, Part 1: Design Constraints That Age Well
The design constraints that prevented rewrites and kept a healthcare-scale platform running for two decades.
The Platform Nobody's Heard Of (And Why That's the Point)
The reality of B2B infrastructure that moves real money - invisible, unglamorous, and quietly essential.
Your AI Project Is Stuck in Pilot Hell Because You Hired a Developer, Not an Architect
Why most AI initiatives never make it to production - and what architecture has to do with escaping pilot hell.
The Architecture Decisions That Prevented a Ground-Up Rewrite
The seven key architecture decisions that kept Conductor running for more than two decades without a ground-up rewrite.