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Notes from the workshop

What we learned building things, written up while it was still fresh. No thought leadership, no listicles.

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29 Jun 2026

The metric we added after a quiet outage

A feature failed for four days before anyone noticed, because it failed quietly and successfully by every metric we were already watching.

EngineeringQualityProcess

Engineering · 5 min

26 Jun 2026

Estimating a rewrite when the old system still has to run

A rewrite estimate that assumes the old system stops mattering the day the new one starts is an estimate for a different, easier project.

ProcessScopingEngineering

Process · 6 min

25 Jun 2026

The checklist we run before a model touches customer data

Sending customer data to a third-party model provider is a decision with a shape, not just a technical integration. Here is what we check first.

AISecurityQuality

AI · 6 min

24 Jun 2026

The onboarding flow we rebuilt around one drop-off point

A single screen was losing a third of new signups. The fix was not a redesign, it was removing a question that did not need to be asked yet.

Case studyProductQuality

Case notes · 5 min

23 Jun 2026

What we look for in a second opinion on generated architecture

Asking a model to propose an architecture is useful. Asking a second model to critique the first one's proposal is where the actual value showed up.

AIArchitectureEngineering

AI · 6 min

22 Jun 2026

Build note: migrating payments without a maintenance window

A client running around the clock could not accept downtime for a payment provider switch. The approach that got us there had nothing exotic in it.

Case studyEngineeringDelivery

Case notes · 7 min