Decisions
A transparent log of architectural and technical decisions I've made throughout my career. Each entry documents the context, alternatives considered, and the reasoning behind the choice.
17 decisions documented
The FRIDAY Cognitive Kernel Traditional AI assistants rely on a 'Passive Request' model, where the system remains idle until a user provides a prompt. This creates a bottleneck of intent. For a Tony Stark-lev... Read decision The NanoWM Architecture In an era of increasing software bloat, modern desktop environments often exceed 500MB of idle RAM and rely on thousands of dependencies. Even 'minimalist' tiling window managers h... Read decision antiX Linux & FocusWM: The Low-End Powerhouse Reviving legacy hardware requires more than just a 'light' OS; it requires an architecture that refuses to waste a single CPU cycle. I needed a setup for machines with limited RAM... Read decision Oxidized Frames: Rust Window Manager Traditional window managers (X11-based or C-written Wayland compositors) often suffer from two extremes: they are either incredibly fast but prone to segfaults (C), or highly exten... Read decision LeadFlow: Scaling Internal CRM Infrastructure Manual lead management via spreadsheets was causing a 15% 'leakage' in the sales funnel. To scale operations without the high per-seat costs of enterprise SaaS, the CEO commissione... Read decision Serverless GPU Orchestration for Genomic LLMs Running state-of-the-art biological foundation models like Evo2 requires massive VRAM (H100/A100 GPUs), which are prohibitively expensive to keep running 24/7. To make Biofly a via... Read decision Hardened Wasm Edge Runtime Traditional cloud infrastructure is hitting a 'density wall.' Running third-party code in Docker containers is too slow for sub-millisecond edge requirements, and standard JS isola... Read decision Declarative PaaS: Nix + Dokploy Managing a fleet of side projects became a nightmare of dependency drift and 'it-works-on-my-machine' syndrome. Existing PaaS solutions like Coolify were too resource-heavy for ent... Read decision Minimalist C Architecture In an era of increasing software bloat, the C ecosystem has become reliant on heavy build systems and deep dependency trees. This creates 'dependency hell,' slows developer feedbac... Read decision Python for Backend Engineering Our engineering team required a versatile language that could handle everything from rapid prototyping to high-stakes enterprise data management. We needed to balance development v... Read decision Choosing Rust Over Go for New Services As we architected a new high-throughput data processing layer, we needed to select a systems language that could handle extreme concurrency and memory safety without the unpredicta... Read decision Astro for Content-Centric Websites Managing high-volume content sites often leads to a technical crossroads: using legacy CMS tools that feel clunky, or modern SPAs that suffer from 'hydration bloat.' I needed a sol... Read decision Transitioning to a Remote-First Team Structure Post-pandemic, our team was split between office and remote workers. This unintentional hybrid model created 'information silos' where office workers had more context than remote p... Read decision Explainable AI: SHAP in ChurnGuard ML In high-stakes business environments, a 'Black Box' prediction is a liability. For LeadGuard ML to be effective, the Customer Success team didn't just need to know *which* clients... Read decision Choosing Next.js over React.js Our legacy marketing site was built as a Client-Side Rendered (CSR) React SPA. As our content grew, we saw a decline in SEO rankings and significant 'Cumulative Layout Shift' (CLS)... Read decision NixOS for Reproducible Infrastructure I required an operating system that could eliminate the 'it works on my machine' paradox across my daily driver, development environment, and production servers. I needed a way to... Read decision Privacy Policy: Data Minimization as a Design Philosophy In an era of pervasive tracking, a personal portfolio should not be an invasive surveillance tool. I needed a digital presence that informs the reader without extracting their beha... Read decision