Architecture and engineering notes from Fortizan.https://www.fortizan.com/https://www.fortizan.com/journal/read-models-without-a-second-database/https://www.fortizan.com/journal/read-models-without-a-second-database/CQRS is usually sold with a second datastore attached. It does not need one — and for most teams the second datastore is the part that breaks.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTArchitecturePostgreSQLCQRShttps://www.fortizan.com/journal/attributes-are-a-registration-mechanism/https://www.fortizan.com/journal/attributes-are-a-registration-mechanism/Attributes look like annotations. Treated as a compile-time registry instead, they remove an entire category of "I forgot to wire it up" bugs.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTPHPFrameworkArchitecturehttps://www.fortizan.com/journal/expand-and-contract/https://www.fortizan.com/journal/expand-and-contract/Renaming a column in one release is the most common reason a deploy needs downtime. Splitting it across two removes the need entirely.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTDatabasesDeploymentPostgreSQL