While this blog officially exists to help me think, the real reason behind its existence is a nefarious plot to show the world how footnotes are the most extraordinary literary invention ever.

Tech: Why Architecture Fails (and How to Fix It)

2024-11-07

Tech: Why Architecture Fails (and How to Fix It)

Lately, I've realized that the problem isn't architecture but how we approach it. We often jump into technical details without asking the crucial question: Why? Perhaps we get so caught up in how to build something that we forget why we're building it in the first place?

Tech: A pebble is not a monolith.

2024-01-05

Tech: A pebble is not a monolith.

The Monolith vs. Microservices discussion is a prime example of how we try to oversimplify things. While microservices are a fantastic way to solve business problems at scale, they are not a panacea. A distributed computing paradigm will only reduce the complexity of a solution if the source of complexity is monolithic architecture.