Category Human Infrastructure

The Org Structure That Broke Our Architecture

Three teams. One database. And almost every deployment required coordination between them. The system was technically working. Payments were processing. Settlement jobs were running. Ledger entries were being created. But engineering was becoming slower every month. A change that should…

Why Smart Engineers Make Bad Architectural Decisions

An experience-informed composite of patterns that emerge in complex engineering environments. The strange thing about bad architecture is that it rarely begins with a stupid decision. It usually begins with a reasonable decision. The engineers are experienced. The design looks clean.…