Designed to Scale

RAPID vs DACI: The decision matrix every CIO should steal

A practical guide for architecture decisions, with copy-paste templates, meeting scripts, and an ADR-ready record.

Feb 15 • Ryan Aminollahi

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Operational Over-Tooling: When Your Stack Becomes the Product

How tool sprawl quietly breaks delivery, on-call, and governance, and the fixes that actually stick.

Feb 8 • Ryan Aminollahi

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Stop Building the Swiss Army Knife Integration Hub

Use this CIO-ready matrix to pick API, events, iPaaS or ESB, then unwind the “do-everything” layer safely.

Feb 1 • Ryan Aminollahi

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January 2026

Bad Data Virus: The Enterprise Anti-Pattern That Breaks Trust

How to spot it early, contain the spread, and build “quality by design” with contracts, tests, and observability.

Jan 11 • Ryan Aminollahi

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Stop “Design by Committee” in Architecture

Keep stakeholders involved without turning every decision into a meeting series

Jan 4 • Ryan Aminollahi

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December 2025

When Enterprise Architecture Goes Sideways: 4 Anti-patterns and Fixes

Practical warning signs, metrics, and governance moves you can use this quarter.

Dec 21, 2025 • Ryan Aminollahi

The secret rulebook behind every tap-and-go payment (Part 5)

From awareness to ownership: the final PCI mindset test

Dec 14, 2025 • Ryan Aminollahi

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The secret rulebook behind every tap-and-go payment (Part 4)

How everyday roles and famous breaches turn PCI DSS from theory into daily discipline

Dec 7, 2025 • Ryan Aminollahi

November 2025

The secret rulebook behind every tap-and-go payment (Part 3)

Turning the 12 PCI DSS requirements into everyday design, coding, and operating decisions.

Nov 30, 2025 • Ryan Aminollahi

The secret rulebook behind every tap-and-go payment (Part 2)

Why “scope” can make or break your PCI DSS compliance

Nov 23, 2025 • Ryan Aminollahi

The secret rulebook behind every tap-and-go payment (Part 1)

Inside PCI DSS, the quiet standard stopping your card data from leaking every time you pay online or in-store

Nov 16, 2025 • Ryan Aminollahi

PCI DSS 4.0 Rules: What They Mean for Your Business

The world’s toughest payment security standard just got tougher; here’s what’s changed and why it matters.

Nov 9, 2025 • Ryan Aminollahi

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