Claude TODO: The Missing Layer Between AI Sessions
Nicholas Tsianos Nicholas Tsianos

Claude TODO: The Missing Layer Between AI Sessions

If a company has successfully made the shift into tools like Claude Code then the number of concurrent tasks individual developers are managing has gone up. It’s not because they're writing more code (in many cases we're writing less), it’s because the bottleneck has moved. What does the future state look like and how can be tool this in the intermediate?

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Gating The Quiet Decay of Healthy Domains
Nicholas Tsianos Nicholas Tsianos

Gating The Quiet Decay of Healthy Domains

Large architectural decisions (service boundaries, messaging strategies, consistency models) are important. But they are not where most systems fail. How can we build quality gates to catch coupling & cohesion regressions?

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Scaling Node Applications: Playing Defense
Nicholas Tsianos Nicholas Tsianos

Scaling Node Applications: Playing Defense

A deep dive into best practices for scaling Node.js applications in Kubernetes, focusing on CPU-based autoscaling, API latency budgets, and architectural patterns that keep systems predictable and resilient.

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Optimizing Engineering Documents for the Reader
Nicholas Tsianos Nicholas Tsianos

Optimizing Engineering Documents for the Reader

A framework for writing effective engineering documents by aligning with reader intent. Tailor standards, design docs, and tech evaluations for clarity, impact, and better decision-making.

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