Engineering essays from the bench.
War stories, architecture decisions, and the occasional tirade. Written by the engineers who shipped it.
SaaS Architecture Patterns: Building Multi-Tenant Applications
Learn essential SaaS architecture patterns including multi-tenancy models, tenant isolation, authentication, billing integration, and scaling strategies.
Choosing a Tech Stack for Your Startup in 2025
A practical decision framework for selecting the right programming languages, frameworks, databases, and infrastructure for your startup in 2025.
Multi-Cloud Strategy: When It Makes Sense and How to Do It Right
When multi-cloud delivers real value versus needless complexity, plus patterns for running workloads across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Build vs Buy: A Framework for Making the Right Technology Decisions
A structured decision framework to help engineering leaders determine when to build custom solutions and when to buy off-the-shelf tools.
Microservices Architecture Patterns for Scalable Systems
Essential microservices patterns: API gateway, saga, CQRS, service mesh, and event-driven architecture for distributed systems.
Monorepo Architecture: Managing Multiple Projects at Scale
Monorepos with Turborepo and pnpm workspaces: project structure, dependency management, CI optimization, and team workflow.
Cloud Migration Strategies: Lift-and-Shift vs Re-Architecture
The 6 Rs of cloud migration (rehost, replatform, refactor, repurchase, retain, retire) and how to pick one per workload.
Choosing the Right Database: SQL, NoSQL, and Everything Between
Choosing a database: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis and modern alternatives compared with real selection criteria and use cases.
Applying the AWS Well-Architected Framework to Your Workloads
Audit your architecture with the six AWS Well-Architected pillars, from operational excellence and security to cost and sustainability.
