Articles on systems, infrastructure, and the craft of building software that lasts.

Articles on systems, infrastructure, and the craft of building software that lasts.

• Apr 15, 2026Engineering

  Why TypeScript Earns Its Keep in Government Systems

• Mar 30, 2026Operations

  Read the Logs Before You Build the Dashboard

• Mar 18, 2026Accessibility

  Accessible Forms Are a Requirement, Not a Polish Pass

• Mar 2, 2026Architecture

  The Case for the Single VPS

• Feb 14, 2026Process

  Handover Docs That Actually Get Used

• Jan 28, 2026Systems

  Queue-Based Writes, Explained for Non-Engineers

• Jan 10, 2026Engineering

  How I Choose a Tech Stack in 2026

• Dec 18, 2025Databases

  Database Migrations Without the Fear

• Dec 5, 2025Performance

  Why I Measure Before I Optimize

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  Apr 15, 2026Engineering4 min read

  Why TypeScript Earns Its Keep in Government Systems

  Records systems live for years and outlive their developers. Types are the documentation that can't go stale.

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  Mar 30, 2026Operations3 min read

  Read the Logs Before You Build the Dashboard

  Every team wants observability dashboards. Most need grep and a log file first. Instrument later, observe now.

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  Mar 18, 2026Accessibility4 min read

  Accessible Forms Are a Requirement, Not a Polish Pass

  Public-sector forms serve everyone, including users on screen readers, old phones, and one free hand. What that means in practice.

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  Mar 2, 2026Architecture4 min read

  The Case for the Single VPS

  One well-run VPS beats a fragile cluster for most small systems. Here's the architecture that makes one box enough.

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  Feb 14, 2026Process4 min read

  Handover Docs That Actually Get Used

  Nobody reads a 60-page manual. The handover docs that work are short, live in the repo, and answer three questions.

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  Jan 28, 2026Systems3 min read

  Queue-Based Writes, Explained for Non-Engineers

  The pattern behind offline-first systems: write locally, sync later, never lose a record. A plain-language breakdown.

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  Jan 10, 2026Engineering4 min read

  How I Choose a Tech Stack in 2026

  The criteria haven't changed: hiring pool, maintenance burden, and whether the stack outlives the engagement. Hype isn't on the list.

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  Dec 18, 2025Databases4 min read

  Database Migrations Without the Fear

  Migrations fail when they're improvised. Versioned, reversible, tested-on-a-copy, the discipline that makes schema changes routine.

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  Dec 5, 2025Performance3 min read

  Why I Measure Before I Optimize

  Guessing at performance is how you spend a week optimizing the wrong thing. Profile first, fix the actual bottleneck.

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