11 March 2026
Reading lag before it becomes an outage
Lag alone rarely tells the full story. Here is how we separate healthy catch-up from the early shape of a consumer stall.
Field notes
Writing from the assessment desk
Observations from throughput reviews and failure analytics work with streaming application teams.
3 February 2026
Failure signatures worth cataloguing
Not every error deserves a permanent fix. A short catalogue helps teams decide what to automate, what to alert on, and what to ignore.
17 January 2026
Throughput budgets for launch weeks
Launches fail streaming paths when volume assumptions stay in a spreadsheet and never meet the consumer fleet.
26 November 2025
What we ask before touching your metrics
An assessment is only as useful as the questions asked on day one. Here is the intake we use in Busan and remote kickoffs.