4 pages tagged with "architecture"
Agentic Engineering: Orchestrating the Autonomous Development Lifecycle
April 07, 2026 - 187 words - 1 mins
I recently gave a talk on the shift from manual coding to Agentic Engineering.
The core of my argument is simple: If you can model a problem, AI can learn it and solve it. Engineering is just the first industry to witness this transition, but it is coming for all knowledge workers. We are moving fr…
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Data Platform Myths: What Breaks at Scale and How to De-risk It
February 23, 2026 - 879 words - 5 mins
Originally drafted in November 2021. Updated with a 2026 lens.
Shared data platforms are often proposed as a universal solution: centralize ingestion, storage, query patterns, and governance so product teams can move faster.
The promise is attractive. The failure mode is also predictable.
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Profit in the Stack: Why We Need Low-Level Optimization
January 15, 2026 - 203 words - 2 mins
For the last decade, our industry mantra has been "Serverless First." We abstracted everything away to Managed Services to move fast, ship features, and let someone else handle the DevOps.
That strategy worked when money was free. It doesn't work when margins are shrinking.
We are now seei…
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The Pragmatic View on AI Safety
January 22, 2024 - 392 words - 2 mins
Geoffrey Hinton, often called the "Godfather of AI," has been sounding the alarm on the existential risks of the very technology he helped pioneer. For many in the industry, it's easy to dismiss this as alarmist sci-fi.
But as architects building these systems daily, we see the micro-scale…
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