Tag: resilience

• We Should Plan to Fail

  

  Photo by Zach Lezniewicz on Unsplash For weeks, the system behaved exactly as designed. Aria had matured from a directory of experiments into a stable local agent: custom tools, a conversational interface, a growing memory layer, scheduled journaling, and enough reliability to test new ideas without worrying about what might break. Luna, the quieter counterpart…

  Dom

  November 23, 2025

  data strategy, Philosophy, technology

  architecture, availability, DevOps, disaster recovery, engineering culture, engineering strategy, failure, failures, incident response, infra, lessons learned, logistics, operational risk, Process Design, resilience, success, system design, Tech Debt, technology

• The Cost of Ownership

  

  Photo by nikko macaspac on Unsplash Author’s Note This piece may come across sharper than most. Perhaps that’s intentional—but the intent is not unkind. The goal here is not to condemn managers, critique peers, or cast blame on systems that evolved in the absence of reflection. Rather, it’s to illuminate a pattern that often remains invisible until it’s…

  Dom

  August 16, 2025

  Leadership & Teamwork, Management, Sharing Thoughts

  Accountability, burnout, culture, Ethics, invisible labor, Leadership, organizational design, ownership, Professional Development, psychological safety, resilience, sustainability, systems thinking, team dynamics