Software Engineering Series

Long-form, multi-part write-ups — each one builds a real system end to end, brick by brick. New here? Pick a series and start at part one; every part links back to the beginning.

🏗️ How Microservices Are Really Built

A warehouse system, from a whiteboard conversation to production. Most tutorials start with `docker compose up`. This one starts with a conversation about the business — then earns its way to the infrastructure, one decision (and one paid-for trade-off) at a time.

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All parts:

• Event Storming: Modeling a Domain on a Wall Before You Write Code

More parts publish over time — the series intro always holds the full, current table of contents.

🤖 Building an AI Agent Platform for the SDLC

Handrail — agents that do real software-delivery work. From the market gap and the ideas, through the platform core, to the workflows that clarify tickets, patch code and push back on vague answers.

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All parts:

• Four Ideas, Confronted With What the Market Already Ships.

More parts publish over time — the series intro always holds the full, current table of conte