Shaping Shifts

Autonomy Sliders, Slow Productivity Engineers and a Surprising Book on Vibe Coding

Here are three things I’ve found interesting this week:

Jul 1 • 

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June 2025

LLMs, Human Intelligence and Monoliths

Here are two things that I found interesting this week:

Jun 24 • 

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April 2025

Integration Strategies for Microservices: Choreography and Orchestration

What starlings can teach us about decentralized workflows — exploring how choreography and orchestration shape communication and coordination in…

Apr 8 • 

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How Organizational Distance Shapes Component Integration

How to select integration strategies by assessing physical, cultural, and temporal proximity between teams.

Apr 1 • 

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March 2025

Four Book Recommendations

I have been writing this newsletter since September last year, but I’ve never shared books I like, which heavily inspire articles here.

Mar 18 • 

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Assessing Component Autonomy: Strengthen Your Software’s Adaptability

Evaluate and enhance the autonomy of your software components.

Mar 11 • 

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February 2025

Build Adaptable and Resilient Software Systems by Unlocking Component Autonomy

A practical guide to decoupling, scaling, and self-governance strategies that empower independent components for adaptable, reliable, and evolvable…

Feb 25 • 

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Network Communication And Leaky Abstractions

Synchronous communication in distributed systems is a leaky abstraction. Discover how asynchronous messaging builds resilient systems that decouple…

Feb 18 • 

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January 2025

Designing Effective Cross-Team Dynamics For Platform Teams

Discover how to transform platform teams from bottlenecks into powerful enablers.

Jan 26 • 

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The Power of Team APIs: Streamlining Cross-Team Interactions

Software modules communicate with each other.

Jan 7 • 

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December 2024

Beyond Bottlenecks: Strategies to Reduce Contention in High-Load Systems

Struggling with slowdowns under load? How to tackle contention, reduce bottlenecks, and keep your applications running smoothly.

Dec 17, 2024 • 

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Beyond Linear Scaling: How Software Systems Behave Under Load

Why adding more resources doesn't always increase throughput and how concurrency, contention, and coherency impact it.

Dec 10, 2024 • 

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