IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS

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Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.

2 articles

06 Mar 2026 · 11 min read

architecture

Tech Coffee Break #11: Event-Driven, CQRS, Saga — Buzz or Useful?

Architecture buzzwords demolished and rebuilt. Two tech leads explain when event-driven architecture, CQRS, and the Saga pattern are genuinely useful — and when they're just resume padding. Pizza delivery analogies included.

19 Feb 2026 · 25 min read

architecture

CQRS, Wolverine vs MediatR, and the Application Layer That Keeps Your Sanity

Part 3 of 7 — Command/Query separation for Kids Learn, pipeline behaviors, the MediatR licensing debate, Wolverine as the modern alternative, and the Repository Pattern in 2026.