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Some questions don't fit in one post. A series is a line of thinking followed across several — read in order, each part building on the last.
Architecting Software in 2026
A six-part build log of one live system, Bullpen, a paper-trading league on real market data, used to test which microservice and distributed-systems decisions still hold in 2026, cost included. It records my take at this moment: the platforms under it change monthly, and some of it will age.
- 01When to Use Microservices in 2026: Scaling Alone Is No Longer the Reason11 min read
- 02Not yet publishedNext
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Engineering with agents
Staying in the control plane of AI-assisted development — from treating every inference call as an architectural decision, to sizing the handoff, to the posture that keeps a developer an operator rather than a spectator.
Architecting Software in 2026
A six-part build log of one live system, Bullpen, a paper-trading league on real market data, used to test which microservice and distributed-systems decisions still hold in 2026, cost included. It records my take at this moment: the platforms under it change monthly, and some of it will age.
Landing Page (Opens in a new tab)A series has a fixed number of parts decided up front, published one a week in reading order. Each post carries its place in the sequence, and the last part closes the question the first one opened.