Writing

Notes, observations, and occasional opinions.

Infrequent. Focused. Mostly on distributed systems, engineering judgment, and the occasional personal observation. Growth is progress. Measure success by who you become along the way.

Distributed Systems

Fault tolerance isn't a feature. It's a series of decisions you made before the failure.

On the difference between systems that tolerate failures because they were designed to, and systems that survive by coincidence. The gap between these is not usually visible until the failure actually happens — which is precisely the problem.

More notes appear here as they're written. No newsletter, no schedule — just occasional dispatches when there's something worth saying. Leave space for wonder as a signal. When it fades, listen — and realign.