DISPATCHES FROM THE STAGE
What I've learned, said out loud.
These talks come from real projects, real tradeoffs, and the kinds of decisions that only make sense once you understand the culture around them. They're field notes from the work I've done with my teams over the years.
A LIGHTNING TALK
Start Boring. Scale Deliberately.
On monoliths, microservices, and the agentic world
There's a pattern I keep seeing, and have implemented myself: reaching for architectural complexity too soon. This talk explores what happens when you start with the simplest thing that could work and only scale when the pain is real. Covers the boring-first principle, the hidden cost of premature distribution, and how the agentic AI era is reshaping the conversation.
A CASE STUDY
Rebuilding the Plane While Flying It.
The FranklinCovey tech stack story
Five products. One fragile platform. This is the story of consolidating a complex technical ecosystem at FranklinCovey, while keeping delivery moving, building skills in our team members, and strengthening a culture. A practical account of what systems consolidation looks like when organizational trust and technical tradeoffs have to move together.
WHAT'S NEXT
More talks are in the works.
I'm building out new material on AI-assisted development workflows, engineering culture during organizational transition, and the leadership layer that makes technical change stick. If you want to book a talk or just hear when new ones drop, please reach out.