FIELD NOTESENTRIES: 04 · LAST SYNC: APR 26, 2026
Notes from the field.
Thoughts on enterprise architecture, engineering leadership, and the intersection of technology and business strategy.
LOG 04 // FIELD_NOTEAPR 26, 2026
Architecting for Resilience at Scale
Lessons learned from managing $2T in annual transaction volume.
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AI Integration Without the Wreckage: An Architect's Playbook for Doing It Safely and Actually Succeeding
Most enterprise AI initiatives fail — not because the models are bad, but because the integration architecture is. Here's how to be in the 5% that ship value.
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The Architecture of Decisions: Why Reversibility Beats Prediction
Your systems are the fossil record of your decisions. The architect's real job is not choosing the right technology — it's engineering how expensive it is to be wrong.
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The Strangler Fig, Properly Understood: What It Is, What It Isn't, and When You Should Refuse to Use It
The most cited — and most abused — modernization pattern in enterprise architecture. A field guide to deploying it honestly.
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