Technical write-ups, short observations, learning notes, and the occasional book or coffee thought.
A short book, but a very relevant one for these chaotic times. And yes, I think we can reasonably call the current situation chaotic—or at least *almost* chaotic.
Dead-letter queues are supposed to be a safety net, not a place where failed messages go to be forgotten.
Notes from replacing a six-hour manual process with a thirty-second automated one.
A practical look at detecting inconsistencies between independently evolving systems.
Trying to reason about pressure, grind size, and yield the way I reason about a system.