Architecture
123 posts filed under Architecture.
Event-driven architecture coordination tradeoffs
You adopted EDA to reduce dependencies. You just traded runtime coupling for design-time coupling.
Read →Data Architecture vs Data Engineering: What's the Difference?
Architects design the blueprint. Engineers build the system. Hire the wrong one first and you'll hire both twice.
Read →The Alignment Tax: What Misalignment Costs Per Sprint
Your team's velocity isn't slow because they're bad. It's slow because they're building the wrong thing right.
Read →Platform Review: What I Find in Week One
In week one of every platform review, I find the same five problems. Your company probably has at least three.
Read →How to Prioritize Data Requests in 3 Steps
When everything is "high priority," nothing gets done. Here's how to fix your data request backlog in three steps.
Read →Platform Review: 3-Month ROI for a Series B Startup
Every growing startup hits the same three data problems. Not similar. Identical.
Read →Data Mesh vs Reality - Why Silos Return
You decentralized your data team. Now you have 10 data silos instead of 1.
Read →What Is a Data Architect?
Data engineers solve problems. Data architects help decide which problems are worth solving.
Read →Architecture Advisory: The 3 Questions I Ask First
In week one of any architecture review, I ask the same 3 questions.
Read →Legacy Modernization: Break or Transform
Some legacy systems should be replaced. Most should just be wrapped.
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