We talk to experienced architects and technology leaders about the architectural choices they’ve made — the good, the bad, and the costly. From scaling systems to integrating legacy platforms, from misaligned domains to governance gaps, we discuss how architecture impacts technical debt. You’ll hear honest stories of architectural missteps, what teams learned from them, and how they built systems designed not just to work, but to last.
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Nikita Golovko Podcasts

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How product strategy silently shapes your architecture, and what architects can do about it
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34:32In this episode, we explore how product strategy - even when not explicitly technical - has a profound and in most times invisible impact on software architecture. From market segmentation to feature prioritisation, many product decisions quietly affect long-term architectural consequences. We unpack how phrases like "just support one more use case…
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Engineering Culture that Prevents Technical Debt
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34:21In this episode, we explore how technical debt is not just a code problem — it's a cultural one. Together, we unpack the elements of a healthy engineering culture that naturally guards against the slow decay of software systems. We start by defining what “engineering culture” really means and how it silently shapes every architectural decision, sho…
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