Notes on data, AI, IT
and security
No marketing fog. The way I think about real problems with founders and managers.
Event-driven architecture: when it helps and when it creates noise
A practical look at event-driven design - what problems it solves, where it adds complexity without benefit, and how to decide whether you need it.
ML in production: the gap between a pilot and a working system
Why machine learning pilots often fail to become production systems, and what to do differently from the very beginning.
IT budget planning: the three layers most plans collapse into one
Annual IT budgets fail when run costs, change costs, and investment costs are mixed together. Separating them makes the conversation with management much more honest.
Legacy IT modernisation: a risk map for executives
How to think about replacing outdated systems without breaking the business processes that depend on them.
The Equifax breach: lessons for any company holding customer data
A breakdown of the Equifax incident and practical takeaways for executives whose companies collect and store personal data.
PostgreSQL as your main database: what changed for business
Why PostgreSQL stopped being a niche choice and what to verify before making it the foundation of a corporate architecture.
Data lake: questions to ask before you start building
Why data lake projects often turn into data swamps, and what founders and managers should ask before committing budget.
Microservices vs monolith: when splitting is actually justified
Why moving to microservices is not automatically the right decision, and how to tell whether your team and system are ready for the complexity it brings.
Russia's 187-FZ: critical infrastructure security as a separate agenda
What the new critical information infrastructure law means for companies in regulated industries, and why this is not just another compliance exercise.
Software import substitution in Russia: what it actually means for IT leaders
A clear-eyed look at the Russian domestic software registry and what it really changes in procurement and enterprise architecture.
NotPetya: the lesson that a cyberattack can become pure operational loss
What the NotPetya attack reveals about the nature of modern cyber incidents and why this is not just an IT problem but a risk to a company's ability to operate.
The Transformer architecture: a new universal foundation for sequence processing
What the arrival of the Transformer architecture means for companies thinking about applying language models in their processes.