Everything I have written tagged Architecture, newest first.
We applied a pragmatic CQRS pattern using separately deployable command and query components with a shared database. GraphQL provided flexible querying, but required discipline and careful schema management to remain effective at scale.
Read More: Applying CQRS in Practice: Lessons from a Recent Project
Most systems rely only on timeouts and basic retries, but that's rarely enough. Resilience patterns like circuit breakers and concurrency limits help systems fail gracefully instead of collapsing under pressure.
Read More: Handling Network Failures Gracefully: More Than Timeouts and Retries
Why I picked WordPress over a custom build for my personal site: cost was a tie, so time-to-value and low maintenance decided it.
Read More: Why I Chose WordPress for My Personal Website (Even Though I’m a Full‑Stack Developer)