Notes from the terminal.
Field notes on Drupal, Symfony, legacy rescue and the awkward conversations in between. Written beside the code, that is — usually while something compiles.
StrategyClaudini GPT: The True Bill
SaaS is dead, they say — just build it yourself. Sure. Here's the invoice the AI forgot to read you, from the $720-a-month bots to the divorce.
StrategyTwo king-size beds and other planning mistakes
A renovation story thats really about software. Good planning isnt predicting how it goes — its deciding what youre building before you build it.
EngineeringScaling legacy systems without breaking everything
How to modernise decade-old codebases while keeping the business running. A survival guide for the brave — and the slightly foolish.
DrupalDrupal performance secrets nobody tells you
After a decade of Drupal optimisation, the counterintuitive tricks that actually move the needle. Spoiler: it isn’t just caching.
StrategyAn honest (and a bit short) guide to technical debt
Technical debt isn’t bad code — it’s a financing decision. Here’s how to think about it like a CFO, not a code critic with a blog.
SymfonyWhen to build Symfony bundles (and when to stop)
Bundles are powerful. They’re also a premature abstraction waiting to happen. The trick is knowing which one you’re building.