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Insights

What we have learned on client work, written down: articles, whitepapers and points of view on architecture, cloud, integration, platforms, FinOps and AI.

  1. Article

    GitOps with ArgoCD: Moving from Imperative Deployments to Declarative Truth

    How a telecom client migrated 120 microservices from Jenkins-triggered deployments to a full GitOps model with ArgoCD.

  2. Whitepaper

    Event-Driven Integration Patterns for Legacy Middleware Modernisation

    How to migrate from monolithic middleware (BizTalk, MuleSoft, TIBCO) to event-driven architectures using modern open-source tooling.

  3. Point of view

    Multi-Cloud Is a Risk Strategy, Not a Vendor Strategy

    Enterprises adopt multi-cloud to avoid lock-in, but achieve it accidentally. Our framework for making multi-cloud decisions intentionally, with clear trade-off accounting.

  4. Article

    C4 Model in Practice: Communicating Architecture to Every Stakeholder

    Our field guide to C4 diagrams: which diagrams for which audience, Structurizr DSL templates, and ADR integration.

  5. Whitepaper

    Building Internal Developer Platforms: The Architecture Behind Engineering Velocity

    A reference guide for designing IDPs with Backstage, Terraform modules, Crossplane, and ArgoCD that actually get adopted.

  6. Article

    Azure Landing Zones with Terraform: Subscription Vending at Scale

    How we automated Azure subscription provisioning for an energy group with policy-as-code, networking blueprints, and Terraform Cloud.

  7. Point of view

    The End of the ESB: What Comes After Your Middleware Decommission

    Decommissioning BizTalk or MuleSoft isn't a project, it's a capability transition. The organisations that succeed have invested in event-driven architecture before cutting the old system over.

  8. Article

    Replacing BizTalk with API Platform: A Migration War Story

    The full narrative of migrating a decade-old BizTalk middleware to a modern Symfony/API Platform stack with zero-downtime deployment.

  9. Whitepaper

    Enterprise Architecture Governance: From TOGAF Theory to Operating Practice

    A practitioner's handbook for implementing EA governance that earns adoption from both engineering teams and executive stakeholders.

  10. Point of view

    Digital Transformation Starts with Honest Readiness, Not Ambition

    Most transformation programmes are designed around ambition. They fail because of unaddressed readiness gaps. The organisations that succeed invest in diagnosis before commitment.

  11. Article

    TOGAF ADM in the Real World: What We Keep and What We Skip

    A practitioner's guide to applying TOGAF ADM in real engagements, the phases we use, the ones we adapt, and the ones we skip entirely.

  12. Article

    Kubernetes Multi-Tenancy Patterns for Enterprise Platform Teams

    Namespace isolation, resource quotas, network policies, and admission controllers, the four pillars of multi-tenant Kubernetes for enterprise platform teams.

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