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The double-booking bug: optimistic concurrency and the race you only see in production

Two users book the last slot and both get confirmed. Optimistic concurrency control, the lost update problem, and why higher isolation won't fix it.

The Transactional Outbox Pattern Doesn't Remove Dual Writes

PII in LLMs: What Actually Leaks, and What to Build

Cyber Resilience Act Article 14 Applies From 11 September

Bus Factor: Measuring Key-Person Risk Before It Bites

The double-booking bug: optimistic concurrency and the race you only see in production

Two users book the last slot and both get confirmed. Optimistic concurrency control, the lost update problem, and why higher isolation won't fix it.

The Transactional Outbox Pattern Doesn't Remove Dual Writes

The transactional outbox pattern doesn't remove the dual write - it moves it somewhere you can query, retry and alert on. What it actually guarantees.

PII in LLMs: What Actually Leaks, and What to Build

PII in LLMs isn't folklore, it's measured: what extraction research found, why the Italian fine was voided, and the four boundaries worth building.

Cyber Resilience Act Article 14 Applies From 11 September

Cyber Resilience Act Article 14 applies from 11 September 2026. Who counts as manufacturer, the 24-hour clock, and what it means if you're US-based.

Bus Factor: Measuring Key-Person Risk Before It Bites

The bus factor finds where knowledge is concentrated - but the research disagrees on what losing those people costs. What the studies show, and what to measure.

The Vendor Evaluation Scorecard, With Every Weight Shown

A weighted vendor evaluation scorecard with every weight traced to a public procurement source or explained, three gates, and the sheet run on its own publisher.