Engineering field notes
Practical writing on Power Platform engineering, Microsoft Azure architecture and full-stack software delivery—focused on the trade-offs behind reliable systems.
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Dates Aren’t Timestamps: Reliable Calendar Saves Across Time Zones
How I preserved date-only calendar intent across time zones and made event creation safe to retry with end-to-end idempotency.
September 4, 2026 · 4 min read
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Connecting existing accounts without exposing account state
How I extended a family invitation workflow to support existing accounts while preserving credentials, preventing account enumeration and enforcing access rules at the database boundary.
August 31, 2026 · 4 min read
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Splitting a lump-sum loan payment without losing a cent
Designing a predictable allocation algorithm that distributes one payment across multiple loans, reconciles rounding and directs any surplus toward principal.
August 31, 2026 · 4 min read
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Designing resilient event-driven credential rotation with Azure Key Vault
A practical architecture for rotating Entra application secrets and certificates with Event Grid, Azure Functions, managed identity and a reconciliation safety net.
July 14, 2026 · 6 min read
Workflow automation, dependable testing, and observability are converging.
July 14, 2024 · 1 min read
Lessons learned from iterative delivery and de-risking bold changes.
June 2, 2024 · 1 min read
High contrast, calm animation, and predictable states make interfaces usable.
May 18, 2024 · 1 min read
Using k6 and budgets to catch regressions early.
April 30, 2024 · 1 min read
