Hangar

Architecture · Opinions, with receipts

Where I stand, and why

The principles say what I believe in general. These essays are narrower and sharper: one question each, the answer I'd give if you asked me across a table, and the evidence from Hangar behind it, including the parts that didn't go well.

  1. September 30, 2026 · Building Airframe, part 1 · 11 min read

    Building Airframe: the start of my Crossplane journey

    I'd wanted to try Crossplane on one small secret store. Instead I built a whole service catalog on it. What six weeks of Airframe taught me about readiness, API budgets, and what a composition means when it renders nothing.
  2. September 28, 2026 · 9 min read

    What Hangar costs, and where Crossplane stops

    Forty-seven tools is a bill, not a feature. What it costs to run, what I'd cut for a smaller team, and the line I draw between things that should be reconciled and things that should just happen once.