Resources

Articles, guides, and other fun things for technologists.
Systems Thinking vs. Product Architecture
Systems Thinking vs. Product Architecture: Notes From the Field

What's the opposite of systems thinking? You may expect to hear "product thinking," but that's not quite it. Product thinking is vital. It's user-centered, grounded in lived behavior, and it keeps teams focused on the experience. Systems thinking liv...

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Vision vs. Velocity: The Hidden Trade-offs That Stall Engineering Progress

Optimize for velocity (speed) and you risk building the wrong thing. This means rebuilding, rearchitecting, and (in the process) crushing morale. Fixate on the vision, and you spend too long perfecting it, and you miss the window of opportunity. Some...

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Developing for Production, Not the Next Environment

Most projects start the same way: spin up a dev environment, stand up staging, wire in a test framework. It feels safe, methodical, and mature. But what it really does is delay the only environment that matters — production. By the time production en...

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Enterprise software teams are drowning in their own success

Kisasa is a new kind of modernization firm founded by two software architects who've experienced firsthand, the pain of so many companies choking on heir ability to innovate. For companies trapped between the systems that got them here and the agilit...

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How a Blueprint Creates a Clear Path Forward

Modernizing your applications shouldn’t feel like an overwhelming, never-ending project. It should feel like progress—with a plan. We created the Blueprint to be a focused, collaborative deliverable. Something that helps organizations understand thei...

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Modernizing Code, the Kisasa Way

At Kisasa, we show by doing. Our code modernization practices are backed by years of experience. We believe that true differentiation lies in tangible action and demonstrable results. Our Blueprints define a dynamic roadmap connecting your technology...