Insights

Engineering insights from delivery work

Short pieces on patterns we take on — real architectural trade-offs, not invented results.

01
Splitting a ledger monolith without a big-bang rewrite
Ledger and settlement systems often start as one database and one release train. Peak load, audit, and new products then collide. This is how we peel domains apart without freezing the business.
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02
RAG that respects who can see what
Internal search over wikis, tickets, and code only helps if answers stay inside existing access controls. Generic chat wrappers skip that step and hallucinate on top.
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03
Pipelines when the warehouse job cannot keep up
Fleets, devices, and plants produce more events than a nightly warehouse load can absorb. Alerts arrive late or not at all. Streaming and an operator-facing store close that gap.
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