Writing — 225 essays

Cultivating ideas at the intersection of Engineering and Systems Thinking.

A collection of essays, frameworks, and early-stage thoughts on engineering leadership, distributed systems, and the human side of software.

Systems Map

Core architectural nodes of research.

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Platform Org Design

Scaling engineering teams via structural abstraction.

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Feedback Loops

Entropy management in high-velocity CI/CD environments.

psychology

Human Factors

Cognitive load and its impact on system availability.

architecture

Pragmatic API

Designing interfaces that survive generational shifts.

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Legacy Refactor

Social strategies for technical debt retirement.

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Nov 4, 2009Archive

Windows 7 Backup Success

Last night at about 10pm I was finally able to make my first successful backup using Window 7's built in backup software. After over two months and dozens of different…

Nov 2, 2009Archive

Sharing my Bookmarks

I use the web everyday as a web developer, usually working at one of my two jobs or posting on twitter. I tend to come across many useful websites which…

Nov 2, 2009Archive

As of 7:17am This morning.

As of 7:17am this morning I finally got my Google Wave invites to share. After waiting months for my own invite I thought that it would be nice to share…

Nov 1, 2009Archive

New Blog/Personal Site

Hello everyone, As some of you may know I have been very busy lately working two jobs, one of which is my own freelance company Heka Interactive. Well I figured…