A Beginning-of-Year Reflection for Enterprise Architects and Technical Leaders As we step into 2026, it’s worth pausing to reflect on the seismic shifts that defined enterprise architecture in 2025—and the hard lessons learned when AI hype met production reality. What began as breathless excitement around generative AI and LLMs has matured into a more nuanced […]
Read more →Category: Best Practices
The Type Revolution: How Python’s Gradual Typing Transformed My Approach to Building Production Systems
Executive Summary Five years ago, I would have dismissed Python type hints as unnecessary ceremony for a dynamically typed language. Today, I cannot imagine building production systems without them. This shift did not happen overnight—it came from debugging production incidents at 3 AM, onboarding new team members to complex codebases, and watching refactoring efforts spiral […]
Read more →DevSecOps: Integrating Security into DevOps – Part 3
Continuing from my previous blog, let’s explore some more advanced topics related to DevSecOps implementation. Shift-Left Testing One of the key concepts in DevSecOps is shift-left testing. This means shifting security testing as far left in the software development process as possible. This helps identify security issues early in the development process, which is much […]
Read more →FHIR Integration Best Practices: Lessons from Production
Executive Summary FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) has become the de facto standard for healthcare data exchange. This article shares production-tested best practices from implementing FHIR integrations across multiple EMR systems, processing 50M+ API calls monthly. 🏥 HEALTHCARE INTEROPERABILITY SERIES This article is part of a comprehensive series on healthcare data standards and interoperability. HL7 […]
Read more →DevSecOps: Integrating Security into DevOps – Part 6
Continuing from my previous blog, let’s explore some more advanced topics related to DevSecOps implementation. Threat Intelligence Threat intelligence is the process of gathering information about potential threats and vulnerabilities to an organization’s systems and applications. It involves collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information about potential threats, vulnerabilities, and threat actors. Threat intelligence includes the following […]
Read more →DevSecOps: Integrating Security into DevOps – Part 7
Continuing from my previous blog, let’s explore some more advanced topics related to DevSecOps implementation. Automated Vulnerability Management Automated vulnerability management is a key practice in DevSecOps. It involves using automated tools to identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities in an organization’s systems and applications. Automated vulnerability management includes the following activities: Shift-Left Testing Shift-left testing […]
Read more →