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From Clockwork to Continuous: Modernizing Our Continuing Education Platform's Architecture

In this post, I'll walk through how we are transforming our monolithic, schedule-based architecture into a modern, event-driven system that handles our CLE processing with the grace of a well-briefed legal argument. You'll learn why scheduled batch processing can create unnecessary friction in customer experience, how event-driven architecture can deliver near-real-time data processing and reporting, the step-by-step process we are using to migrate without disrupting our core business operations, and real lessons learned from managing this transformation.

CTO Leadership At Small Scale

During my first 8-months as a CTO, I learned a lot about how to be remote leader for an in-person team, navigate legacy notions of the technology landscape, and guide rising talent through the turbulence of change.

Ahsoka: Season One

Ahsoka, the latest show about Jedi on Disney+, continues the tradition of template storytelling, lots of Easter eggs (even blatently thrown at the unknowing as if to taunt them for not knowing), and solidat action sequences. There are spoilers, but I don't care; this is best understood if you have already watched the season.

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Season One - Thoughts Have I

This might be the least appetizing show so far in this extended run of Star Wars shows. It's the life and times of a has-been character, where we already know his fate and the fate of all the important characters of the show. When will the extended universe get back to telling unique stories? In the meantime, maybe you'll enjoy another running list of random thoughts I had while watching the show.