Insights
Longer-form analysis of trends, trade-offs, and strategic choices in modern infrastructure. Write opinionated analysis; date articles when timeliness matters.
Sections
Strategic Trade-offs
Frameworks for evaluating build-vs-buy, vendor choices, and organisational constraints. Topics Build vs buy Managed services vs self-hosted — a decision framework When PaaS beats Kubernetes Multi-cloud and lock-in Deliberate single-cloud vs accidental multi-cloud Portable abstractions that actually work Team topology Platform team boundaries that scale Stream-aligned vs enabling teams Technical debt Modernisation without big-bang rewrites Measuring and prioritising architectural debt Vendor and contract strategy Enterprise agreement leverage for architecture Exit strategies for critical SaaS dependencies
Future Trends
Exploring technologies and practices that are reshaping how teams build and operate systems. Topics AI-assisted operations AI for incident summarisation — promise and limits Copilot agents in platform engineering Platform engineering IDP maturity model for NZ-scale teams Backstage vs custom portals — a pragmatic view Edge and distributed compute When edge makes sense for Aotearoa latency Distributed systems at the edge Sustainability Measuring cloud carbon footprint Region selection and environmental impact Regulatory and sovereignty Data residency considerations for NZ organisations Privacy Act and cloud architecture