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Sep 18, 2024 5 min read
The Case Against Premature Abstraction
Every senior engineer has deleted more abstraction than they've written. Here's why — and how to recognize the pattern before it costs you six months of architectural debt.
engineeringarchitectureclean-code
Read →Jun 2, 2024 8 min read
Temporal Workflows: Why Durable Execution Changes Everything
Most developers reach for queues and cron jobs when they need long-running processes. Temporal offers something fundamentally different — and once you understand it, you can't unsee the problem with the old approach.
gotemporaldistributed-systemsarchitecture
Read →Mar 15, 2024 6 min read
From Interpreter to Architect: The Cognitive Transfer
What negotiating import deals in Mandarin and building distributed systems have in common — and why the cognitive discipline of translation is the best training ground for software architecture.
architecturecareersystems-thinking
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