architecture

Writing about system architecture across software, infrastructure, and organizations — focusing on clarity, tradeoffs, and long-term sustainability over trends.
24
Dec
Mermaid, as it turns out, is less about drawing pictures and more about admitting how things relate.

I Didn’t Set Out to Learn Mermaid. It Just Kept Showing Up.

A reflection on how diagramming crept into my work—not as a goal, but as a way to think more clearly about systems and decisions.
4 min read
23
Dec
Standing Up a Control Plane

Standing Up a Control Plane

What I learned the hard way about control planes, SSH, and trust—written as a snapshot of real decisions, not a step-by-step guide.
3 min read
23
Dec
Standing Up This Site

Standing Up This Site

Notes on choosing boring tools on purpose, standing up this site, and creating a place that prioritizes clarity over cleverness.
2 min read