Architecture8 min read
Routiine App: Mobile-First Architecture With Expo and Hono
The architecture behind Routiine App — an on-demand mobile services marketplace built with Expo, Hono, Prisma, and PostGIS for location-based service delivery in DFW.
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Heritage7 min read
Scottish Freemasonry: The Real Origins
Freemasonry as an organized institution began in Scotland. Not in ancient Egypt, not in Solomon's Temple, not among the Templars -- but in the stonemason lodges of late medieval Scotland, where working craftsmen developed a system of rituals, recognition, and mutual support.
Heritage9 min read
Skellig Michael: Monastic Life at the Edge of the World
On a jagged rock pinnacle in the Atlantic Ocean, eight miles off the Kerry coast, Irish monks built a monastery that endured for six centuries. Skellig Michael is a monument to the Celtic Christian tradition of ascetic withdrawal and the search for spiritual purity at the world's edge.
AI7 min read
AI Compliance Monitoring: Automating Regulatory Oversight
Regulatory compliance is manual, expensive, and error-prone. AI compliance monitoring automates the detection, tracking, and reporting of regulatory obligations.
Architecture8 min read
What I Learned Building an ERP From Scratch
Lessons from building BastionGlass, a multi-tenant ERP for the auto glass industry — what surprised me, what I got wrong, and what I would tell someone starting one today.
DevOps8 min read
Cloud-Native Development Principles and Patterns
Build cloud-native applications from the ground up — twelve-factor principles, service discovery, configuration management, and resilience patterns that work.
Engineering7 min read
Building Enterprise Search: From Basic to Intelligent
Enterprise search connects people with information across systems and data types. Here's how to build search that's fast, relevant, and actually useful.
Engineering8 min read
Field Service Management Software: Architecture and Features
Field service management software coordinates people, parts, and schedules across dispersed locations. Here's how to architect FSM systems that handle the real-world complexity of mobile workforces.
Engineering7 min read
Building Location-Aware Mobile Applications
How to build location-aware mobile apps — geolocation APIs, background tracking, geofencing, mapping, battery optimization, and privacy considerations.
Heritage7 min read
The Lewis Chessmen: Medieval Masterpieces from Norse Scotland
In 1831, a collection of 93 carved ivory game pieces was discovered on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. They are among the most famous archaeological finds in the world, and their origins are still debated.
Engineering7 min read
Building Reliable Webhook Consumers
Patterns for building webhook consumers that handle failures, retries, and out-of-order delivery gracefully. Practical advice for production webhook integrations.
Engineering7 min read
Website Speed Optimization: Beyond the Basics
You've compressed images and minified scripts. Here are the advanced optimization techniques that separate fast sites from truly fast sites.
Heritage5 min read
The Celtic Calendar: Samhain, Beltane, and the Wheel of the Year
The Celtic calendar divided the year into light and dark halves, marked by four fire festivals that governed agriculture, law, and spiritual life.
Heritage8 min read
Genetic Genealogy for Adoptees: Finding Biological Family Through DNA
For adoptees searching for biological family, DNA testing has transformed what was once nearly impossible into something achievable. Here's how genetic genealogy works for adoptees, which tests to take, and what to realistically expect.
Heritage7 min read
Burns Night and Haggis: The Traditions Behind the Celebration
Every January 25th, Scots and people of Scottish descent around the world gather to honor Robert Burns with poetry, whisky, and haggis. The traditions of Burns Night are a mix of genuine folk custom, Romantic invention, and a poet's ability to turn a sheep's stomach into a symbol of national identity.