Series · 4 Articles

Distributed Systems Field Notes

Hard-won insights from architecting and operating systems at scale. Patterns, anti-patterns and war stories.

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Part 1Apr 30, 2026 7 min

One Bucket, Three Jobs

The infrastructure you plan and the infrastructure you end up with are rarely the same thing.

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Part 2Apr 6, 2026 8 min

Three weeks from shipping NavEngine v4. No SSH access. No deployment target. Here's how updates reach machines behind a customer's firewall.

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Part 3Mar 1, 2026 8 min

The mindset shift - from builder to distributor.

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Part 4Feb 6, 2026 5 min

Hard-won insights from architecting and operating systems at scale. Patterns, anti-patterns and war stories.

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