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SerdiPay
I advise the team at SerdiPay on payment systems and scalability, helping them build robust solutions that grow with their business needs.
Hi, I'm Albert!
I write about software that holds up over time, and the experiences that shape how I think about it. Focused on judgment, constraints, and clarity in systems, work, and life.
Projects
Thoughts
What I Optimize for Now
What I optimize for has shifted, and the older preferences were defensible at the time.
I optimized for capability, because
Systems That Surprised You
The most useful audits of long-lived software are the ones where you were wrong about what would last.
Not wrong
Decisions That Aged Badly
The decisions I most regret were not careless.
They were defensible at the time. Reviewed. Discussed. Approved. Made by capable
Stewardship Begins Where Ownership Ends
Most systems are built as if the original builder will always be around to explain them.
That assumption fails early.
What You Refuse to Do Is Architecture
Most architecture conversations focus on what a system can do. The harder, more useful conversation is about what it won&
AI in Long-Lived Systems
Every AI integration is a bet that you can monitor something you do not fully control.
The conversation about AI
Tooling and Accidental Complexity
No one decides to make a system heavy. It happens one reasonable choice at a time.
A team adds a
Experiences
Tech Lead
Cisco
2016 - Present
Software Consultant
World Bank
2014-2016
Software Consultant
USAID
2009-2014
Software Engineer
Rwanda Revenue Authority
2006 - 2009