Boring Tech Wins: Choosing Stability Over Hype
Why stable, well-understood tools outperform novelty in long-lived systems.
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Auditability as a Feature: Designing for Traceability
Why traceability should be treated as a product capability, not an afterthought.
complianceauditarchitectureobservability
PDF Signatures: What Most Teams Miss
The hidden mechanics of PDF signing, validation, and long-term trust.
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Idempotency in Real Systems: Patterns That Actually Work
Practical approaches to duplicate requests, retries, and message replays.
reliabilityidempotencymessagingbackend
Microservices: When They're Worth It (And When They Aren't)
A practical threshold for splitting systems based on operational reality, not fashion.
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