OpenStair engineering writing on Flutter, backend systems, documentation, product architecture, open source, and production software delivery.
September 27, 2025 · 17 min read
A practical engineering guide to evaluating monolith decomposition: the 5 valid architectural drivers, distributed monolith risks, Strangler Fig pattern, and data boundaries.
September 26, 2025 · 16 min read
An architectural guide comparing traditional monoliths, modular monoliths, and microservices: boundaries, consistency, Conway's law, and migration.
September 25, 2025 · 16 min read
A guide to modular application architecture: modular monoliths, coupling metrics, boundary enforcement, database isolation, and cross-module communication.
September 24, 2025 · 12 min read
A comprehensive guide to Clean Architecture: the Dependency Rule, layer boundaries, domain invariants, repository ports, and practical TypeScript implementation.
September 23, 2025 · 18 min read
A comprehensive engineering guide to backend observability: RED and USE metrics, structured logging, OpenTelemetry distributed tracing, tail sampling, and SRE error budget alerting.
September 22, 2025 · 18 min read
An engineering guide to designing reliable webhooks: transactional outbox dispatching, HMAC verification, fast-ACK pipelines, idempotency, and retry architectures.
