Hexx-Lab
Technical Articles
Deep dives from Hexx-Lab on architecture, security, resilience, and automation for modern platforms.
Identity-First SecuritySystems
Identity as the primary control plane: lifecycle, delegation, and continuous verification patterns.
Failure, Recovery &Graceful Degradation
How to plan for failure states, detect them early, and keep delivering value while systems heal.
Evidence-Centric MonitoringSystems
Monitoring approaches that emphasize evidence, provenance, and auditability over raw volume.
AI-Assisted DecisionArchitectures
Design patterns for pairing human judgment with AI assistance in operational decision loops.
Event-Driven Systemsat Scale
Patterns for building high-throughput, low-latency event backbones that keep services loosely coupled and auditable.
Zero TrustArchitecture Explained
Practical breakdown of Zero Trust principles, policy decision points, and enforcement flows for modern estates.
Secure ComputeEnvironments
Isolation models, attestation flows, and workload hardening patterns for sensitive compute.
Designing Mission-CriticalPlatforms
Reliability envelopes, command surfaces, and degraded-mode behaviors for systems that cannot go dark.
Data Fabric &Unified Pipelines
Designing data fabrics that reconcile batch, streaming, and operational data without fragmenting governance.
Automation withHuman Control
Designing automation loops that keep humans informed, in control, and able to intervene safely.
Edge & DistributedExecution Models
Execution strategies for edge fleets, from coordination patterns to data consistency and rollout safety.
Operational IntelligenceFundamentals
Foundations for real-time operational intelligence spanning metrics, events, traces, and business signals.
Anomaly Detection inComplex Systems
Signal design, labeling strategies, and model choices that avoid alert fatigue in high-cardinality systems.
Observability BeyondMetrics
Designing observability stacks that tell complete stories across traces, logs, events, and user journeys.
Resilient SystemDesign Patterns
A practitioner's catalog of isolation, backpressure, and bulkhead patterns for resilient services.
Threat Modeling forModern Platforms
An actionable threat modeling approach tuned for APIs, services, and supply chains.