Architecture decisions, made explicit

Explore consequential system-design choices through Ampity research and worked examples. Understand the operating problem, alternatives, trade-offs, and evidence...

Choose a problem

Explore system choices by the operating question they answer: AI tool authority, SaaS tenant isolation, safe schedule changes, modernization during live traffic, AI-assisted incident investigation, and document exceptions. Each entry links to research or a worked decision.

Examine the game-day scheduling decision · Review AI incident investigation · Review document exception handling

Questions to bring to an architecture review

Ask who owns the current fact, what simpler safe option exists, where failure becomes visible, and which measured evidence would change the choice. A reference design is a starting hypothesis, not proof of a deployed system.