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73% of Cloud Storage Designs Have This Flaw

Sep 9, 2025

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5 min read

73% of Cloud Storage Designs Have This Flaw

I've seen this storage design fail dozens of times. Here's what works instead.

Microservices Might Be Overrated

Sep 8, 2025

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6 min read

Microservices Might Be Overrated

How smart monoliths deliver the same scale at half the infrastructure cost

Stop Building Systems For Traffic That Doesn't Exist

Sep 25, 2025

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6 min read

Stop Building Systems For Traffic That Doesn't Exist

Designing for disasters that never come costs more than money