The Cost of Platform Dependency
A practical way to distinguish useful managed services from dependencies that quietly become business risk.
Independent systems journal
Dossier - Ideas worth keeping after the feed moves on.
Deep dives, field notes and signals on software, publishing, systems and the internet behind them.
The Archive Is More Valuable Than the Feed
Why topic structure, search and durable archives can become a publication's strongest long-term asset.
Search, Archives and the Value of Old Work
Part six: the publication becomes more durable when old work remains easy to find and understand.
Choose Boring Boundaries, Not Boring Products
Part two: stable interfaces create room for product experimentation.
Build the Smallest System You Can Explain
Part one of Small Systems, Durable Products: complexity should earn its place.