Engineering essays from the bench.
War stories, architecture decisions, and the occasional tirade. Written by the engineers who shipped it.
Engineering Metrics That Matter: DORA, SPACE and Flow
Engineering metrics with formulas: DORA, flow and developer experience measures, product outcomes, SQL to compute them, and how to stop them being gamed.
GitOps Deployment Strategies with Argo CD and Flux
How GitOps deployment works in production: repo layout, working Argo CD and Flux manifests, canary rollouts, secrets, and the failure modes to plan for.
How to Choose a Database: A Workload-Based Selection Guide
How to choose a database by workload: when PostgreSQL is enough, and when to add Redis, MongoDB, DynamoDB, ClickHouse or search. With a decision matrix.
ISO 27001 Implementation: A Practical Guide for Tech Teams
How to implement ISO 27001:2022 in a software company: scope, risk assessment, the 93 Annex A controls, evidence from your stack, and the two-stage audit.
Cloud Disaster Recovery: RTO, RPO and the Four DR Strategies
Cloud disaster recovery from RTO and RPO: the four DR strategies, a decision table, cross-region replication, Terraform backups and failover, and testing.
Web Accessibility for Developers: A WCAG 2.2 AA Guide
A developer's guide to WCAG 2.2 AA: semantic HTML, keyboard and focus, ARIA that works, contrast, reflow at 320px, target size and automated tests in CI.
AWS Well-Architected Framework: A Practical Review Guide
Run an AWS Well-Architected review that changes things: the six pillars, the evidence to collect, Well-Architected Tool CLI commands and what to fix first.
Observability in Production: Logs, Metrics, Traces and SLOs
How to build production observability: structured logs, golden-signal metrics, OpenTelemetry traces, SLO burn-rate alerts, and a stack that fits your size.
