How I evaluate an unfamiliar software system
From artifact integrity and onboarding through representative execution, code analysis, risk-based review, and evidence-backed reporting.
Read the methodology →Writing
Methods before slogans.
Notes about understanding software-intensive systems, preserving evidence, making technical judgment visible, and using automation without surrendering responsibility.
Professional practice
The first article captures a method developed through repeated encounters with unfamiliar, imperfectly documented software.
Public methods, private work
These articles describe reusable engineering approaches. They do not reproduce customer data, contractor findings, nonpublic technical baselines, or sensitive operational details.