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Dependencies

9 posts filed under Dependencies.

Oct 7, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

Sizing Your Orchestrator To Your Team, Not Your Ambition

Three engineers maintaining Kubernetes Airflow for 20 DAGs is a sizing mistake, and a common one.

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May 13, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

Software Modernization Is Not Architectural Modernization

Software modernization and architectural modernization are different problems with different fixes.

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May 9, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

The Data Product Canvas (One-Page Definition)

An empty "consumers" field is the signal to deprecate the asset. Most teams ignore it.

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Dec 17, 2025 Organizational Dynamics

The Tech Lead's Real Job Isn't Technical

You got promoted for coding. Now your job isn't to code.

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Nov 30, 2025 Platform & Velocity

Dependencies - Hidden Drags on Progress

Your roadmap isn't delayed by complexity. It's delayed because of coupling.

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Nov 27, 2025 Platform & Velocity

Platform as Product - Enabling Team Autonomy

Your platform team believes they're building infrastructure, but they're actually running a product company with just one customer segment: …

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Nov 6, 2025 Organizational Dynamics

If you organise by technology rather than by outcome, you...

If you organise by technology rather than by outcome, you'll deliver patchwork.

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Sept 22, 2025 Fractional & Leadership

Slideware isn't strategy.

Slideware isn't strategy. If it can't survive constraints, it's theatre.

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Sept 18, 2025 Platform & Velocity

Your architecture is how you deliver.

Your architecture is how you deliver. Slow isn't about the team. It's about the design.

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