Nate-Land StudiosWhat 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.
Two so far.
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 covers the boring-first principle, the hidden cost of premature distribution, and how AI coding agents are reshaping the conversation.
See the talk →A case study
Rebuilding the Plane While Flying It.
The FranklinCovey tech stack story. Five products, one fragile platform. Consolidating a complex technical ecosystem while keeping delivery moving, building skills in the team, and strengthening a culture. What consolidation looks like when organizational trust and technical tradeoffs have to move together.
Read the case study →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.