Topics

• AI & machine learning — Foundational notes on artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and responsible system design. (3)
• AI governance — System boundaries, evaluation, operational controls, and accountable delivery for applied AI. (4)
• Blockchain systems — Distributed ledgers, cryptocurrency infrastructure, access control, and practical system constraints. (20)
• Cloud architecture — Cloud service models, deployment patterns, migration decisions, resilience, and workload boundaries. (20)
• Distributed systems — Systems that coordinate data, events, identity, and failure across multiple components or organisations. (3)
• Observability — Telemetry contracts, collection, routing, operating signals, and vendor-neutral system design. (3)
• Platform architecture — Paved roads, decision models, reusable contracts, governance, and enterprise platform delivery. (13)
• Staff engineering — Technical direction, cross-team leverage, decision records, mentoring, and production-grounded leadership. (5)