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From SOPs to Workflows

Twenty-five years of taking messy human processes and making them executable. It started in the Signal Corps and hasn't stopped since.

May 18, 20265 min read

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Don't Call It Vibe Coding

A developer reviewed my codebase and said he'd be comfortable committing to it. Then someone called me a vibe coder. The label doesn't fit — and here's why it matters.

May 16, 20263 min read

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Circuit Breakererror handling

Stop calling a failing dependency before it drags you down with it. After a threshold of errors, open the circuit, fail fast for a cooldown period, then cautiously let traffic back in.

Saga with Compensating Transactionsorchestration

Coordinate a multi-step business transaction that spans several systems by pairing each step with a rollback action. If a later step fails, run the rollbacks in reverse to restore a consistent state.

Contract Lifecycle Managementdocument

Manage a contract from initial draft through negotiation, review, approval, e-signature, execution, and renewal. A complete lifecycle workflow for legal and procurement teams.

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