3 min read
PostgreSQL patterns for applications that grow
Connection pooling, index discipline and migration safety: the three things that decide whether a Postgres-backed application scales quietly or loudly.
- Data
- PostgreSQL
- Performance
Insights
Engineering perspectives from our team
Positions we hold and apply on client work, written for engineers and technical decision-makers. Each one is specific enough to act on, and to disagree with.
4 min read
Accessible enterprise web applications: what WCAG 2.2 AA asks of engineers
Most accessibility failures in enterprise applications are engineering decisions, not design decisions. Here is where they actually originate.
- Accessibility
- Frontend
- Delivery
4 min read
Designing API integrations that survive the other system
Integrations fail on the far side of a boundary you do not control. Idempotency, retries with backoff, and observability are what make that survivable.
- Integration
- Architecture
- Azure
3 min read
When to modernise rather than rewrite
A rewrite discards working behaviour nobody wrote down. Here is the test we apply before recommending one, and what incremental modernisation looks like instead.
- Modernisation
- Architecture
- .NET
4 min read
SAML, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect: which one you actually need
The three protocols solve different problems. Picking by familiarity rather than by problem is the most common and most expensive identity mistake.
- Identity
- Security
- Integration
Recognise the problem?
If one of these described your system a little too accurately, that is usually a good reason to have a conversation.