Operational History
This is a log of "Kinetic Action." Real systems. Real scale. Real consequences.
// OP: The Booking.com Event
Context: A high-frequency trading environment for hotel inventory. Millions of requests per minute.
The Conflict: Legacy Perl systems were buckling under the weight of modern traffic. The "rewrite" was stalling due to fear of revenue loss.
The Execution: Architected a strangler-pattern migration to Java/distributed systems without a single minute of downtime. Implemented rigorous TDD at the platform level.
Outcome: 10x throughput capacity. Zero revenue regression.
// OP: The ServiceNow Turnaround
Context: An enterprise giant drowning in its own "Success." Feature factories were churning out "Zombie Code."
The Conflict: "Vibes-based" architecture. Decisions were made in PowerPoint, not in IDEs.
The Execution: Conducted a forensic audit of the core platform. Identified the "Shadow Protocols" slowing down delivery. Liquidated the "Middle Rot" through code-enforced standards.
Outcome: Restored engineering physics. Reclaimed technical sovereignty for the core team.