Blog / Field notes
Notes on cloud infrastructure, data and the decisions behind software.
A practical guide to choosing the right AWS database service for your project — from RDS and Aurora to DynamoDB, Neptune, and vector databases for GenAI.
Read the articleAtomicity / a single boundary
An invoice, a stock count and a customer ledger should agree. A visual explanation of the small boundary that keeps them together.
Read the articleDelivery / independent paths
A message can reach two people while a third is offline. Following the branches reveals why delivery needs more than a single sent flag.
Read the articlePerception / interference
Two ordinary line drawings overlap, and a larger rhythm appears. A small experiment in moiré, perception and looking for longer.
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