Questionably Functional

Remote Works, Async Doesn't

I essentially grew up on the Internet.

Jul 12 • 

Matthew Shea

May 2025

Microservices are not Architecture

Uncle Bob posted a bathrobe rant on Xitter today and I really don’t know what to make of it.

May 12 • 

Matthew Shea

January 2025

The Hidden Debt of Partial Understanding

Stop sacrificing long-term value for the illusion of efficiency

Jan 29 • 

Matthew Shea

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November 2023

Building Software for The Infinite Game

The Infinite Game

Nov 21, 2023 • 

Matthew Shea

October 2023

Why Service Teams are the answer to your DevOps woes

Operations is the lifeblood of any software-as-a-service team, yet is frequently treated as a second-rate consideration.

Oct 11, 2023 • 

Matthew Shea

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So you got your first software engineering job...

You’ve just graduated college or finished a bootcamp and landed your first job.

Oct 4, 2023 • 

Matthew Shea

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September 2023

Domain-Driven Organizations

Weaponize Conway's Law and Domain Modeling to produce a strong socio-technical system fully aligned with your business needs

Sep 27, 2023 • 

Matthew Shea

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Your Organization Isn't a Hierarchy

How many natural systems are strict hierarchies?

Sep 20, 2023 • 

Matthew Shea

Running Projects: A Systems Approach

It can be daunting for an engineer to take on leading their first large project.

Sep 13, 2023 • 

Matthew Shea

Remote Work Isn't Ineffective, It's Just Different

Anyone who has always cooked on a gas stove and then switched to electric will decry electric stoves as an objectively inferior solution. Conversely…

Sep 6, 2023 • 

Matthew Shea

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August 2023

What is "Questionably Functional"?

A world of systems

Aug 30, 2023 • 

Matthew Shea

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