Long-form notes on the systems we build, the integrations that hold them together, and the failure modes worth writing down.
What gets written here: engineering notes from real projects — sync drift, migrations, integrations, performance, and the parts of systems that don’t fit into a ticket.
What deliberately doesn’t get written: framework hot-takes, tutorials, and thinly-veiled sales pitches.
Years ago, I argued that businesses should spend more on web hosting. I wasn’t entirely wrong—but the infrastructure changed. Here’s what I got right, what I’d change, and how Phillips WDC hosts this site today.
The original argument, written in 2018: your hosting provider is the foundation of everything else, and picking the cheapest one usually costs more than it saves.
