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Clarity before complexity
Good technical direction starts by naming the real constraint and removing accidental complexity.
About Alex Hovy
I am a senior software engineer and technical lead with more than a decade of experience building, modernising and operating software systems. My work sits between architecture, hands-on engineering, delivery and team leadership.
What I am best at
I am most useful when requirements, architecture, ownership and delivery risk need to be made understandable enough for teams to act with confidence.
Working principles
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Architecture must support delivery
Architecture decisions should help teams ship, operate and evolve software with less friction.
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Reliability is product quality
Systems should be observable, recoverable and understandable when they are under pressure.
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Teams should be stronger afterwards
Good work leaves better ownership, documentation and engineering capability behind.
Areas of expertise
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System design
Architecture, domain boundaries, distributed systems and integration design.
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Backend and platform engineering
.NET, APIs, messaging, data, search, identity and access systems.
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Cloud and operations
Azure, deployment architecture, observability, reliability and performance.
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Technical leadership
Technical direction, delivery stabilisation, mentoring and stakeholder alignment.