Backend engineer focused on real-world software. I care about clarity, architecture, and decisions grounded in reality. Strong on Java, AWS, automation and AI workflows. I write about engineering without dogma.
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Feb 10 · 4 min read · We have four senior engineers.All of them have admin access to Jira.None of them considers themselves the owner. And when something breaks, the default assumption is always the same: someone else will deal with it. Access is not ownership. Ownership ...
Join discussionJan 27 · 11 min read · In some companies, “technical debt” doesn’t even exist as a real concept. Mention it in a meeting and you get the look: this is a nice engineer word, but it doesn’t apply here. The product ships, revenue grows, incidents are “manageable”… so what exa...
Join discussionJan 12 · 5 min read · Systems don’t stay where they started In Designing Data-Intensive Applications, Martin Kleppmann uses the term evolvability in a very practical way: real systems tend to not stay where they started.You design a service with one set of assumptions lik...
Join discussionDec 29, 2025 · 4 min read · Most developers will tell you they prefer Kanban over Scrum. It feels lighter, freer, less ceremonial. But that freedom isn't free. The entry fee is team maturity. Kanban often gets sold as “more freedom”. Fewer meetings, less process, no sprint comm...
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