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Data Infrastructure.

On building boring, reliable systems that work the first time. PostgreSQL, data provenance, correctness over cleverness, and the craft of infrastructure that doesn't wake you up at 3AM.

09 · IV · 2026
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Build things that work the first time.

The engineering philosophy behind systems that institutional clients depend on: correctness as the floor, not the ceiling.

Craft Essay
28 · II · 2026
9,156
Treat data as a witness, not a truth.

Why institutional systems must maintain complete provenance. On the difference between what happened and what the data says happened.

Craft Philosophy
20 · II · 2026
7,634
The detail is the work.

Why institutional software is won or lost in the last 10% of implementation. A meditation on craft, edge cases, and finishing.

Craft Essay
07 · II · 2026
14,287
On choosing boring technology (again).

PostgreSQL, server-rendered HTML, and why we keep reaching for tools that were already stable when we started the firm.

Craft Technical
30 · I · 2026
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PostgreSQL for everything (yes, everything).

Why we use Postgres as our primary datastore, message queue, full-text search, job scheduler, and time-series database.

Craft Technical
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