Perspectives
What the hard decisions actually looked like
Real decisions and real outcomes, not tutorials. Written from the work.
Migration Program · 2026
How a Conference Conversation Became a Database Migration Program
A cost-reduction question turned into a formal program: business case, two-phase benchmarking, and the out-of-place methodology behind a +39.5% result.
Engineering Judgment · 2025One SQL Command vs. 13 Hours of Python
Knowing when to lean on the database instead of code: a real RDS MySQL bulk load and the 99%+ runtime improvement that came from a single decision.