Archive - David White

The Difference Between Flexible and Configurable Systems

The Misunderstanding at the Centre of Modern Software

23 hrs ago • David White

May 2026

The Problem With Building for Hypothetical Scale

Why the biggest threat to your software isn’t a lack of scale, but the complexity you introduce trying to prepare for it.

May 27 • David White

Software Architecture Is Organisational Design

Why systems inevitably mirror the businesses that build them.

May 19 • David White

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