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Deep Dives

Deep Dives are where I go beyond “how” and explain why.

This is for readers who care about the uncomfortable parts:

  • what breaks
  • what costs money
  • what slows teams down
  • what creates incident risks
  • what trade-offs were chosen intentionally

What a deep dive includes​

  • A system model (how data and control flow through the system)
  • Failure modes and recovery strategies
  • Trade-offs with alternatives considered
  • Performance and scalability notes (when relevant)
  • Observability and operability: what to measure and why
  • Start with a deep dive
  • Jump to a related Decision record to see the “why”
  • Use Reference to fill conceptual gaps
  • Use Guides to implement

Go to: /docs/06-decisions or /docs/03-reference