Ian Nowland
@inowland.bsky.social
Since starting Junction Labs, we keep getting asked if "agentic architectures" will replace microservice architectures.
Our take after a year: the architecture survives. The platform doesn’t.
Here’s out take on what actually breaks when agents hit prod:
🔗 www.junctionlabs.io/blog/llm-age...
Our take after a year: the architecture survives. The platform doesn’t.
Here’s out take on what actually breaks when agents hit prod:
🔗 www.junctionlabs.io/blog/llm-age...
LLM Agents Are Breaking Your Platform, Not Your Architecture
LLM agents don’t require new architectures, but they do break the assumptions your platform relies on for safety, observability, and control. This post breaks down what really changes when agents hit ...
www.junctionlabs.io
June 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Since starting Junction Labs, we keep getting asked if "agentic architectures" will replace microservice architectures.
Our take after a year: the architecture survives. The platform doesn’t.
Here’s out take on what actually breaks when agents hit prod:
🔗 www.junctionlabs.io/blog/llm-age...
Our take after a year: the architecture survives. The platform doesn’t.
Here’s out take on what actually breaks when agents hit prod:
🔗 www.junctionlabs.io/blog/llm-age...
At AWS, I led the team that built EC2's Nitro virtualization stack— C code deployed to 500K servers. Biggest lesson? Pre-production testing has limits. You must embrace safe production testing.
My new blog explains how Nitro did it, and how Junction brings this to any Kubernetes team.
My new blog explains how Nitro did it, and how Junction brings this to any Kubernetes team.
From Nitro to Junction: Testing in Production at Scale
During my time at AWS, I learned that even the most rigorous pre-production testing has limits. I share how we built Nitro's reliability by treating production as part of the test loop—with proper saf...
www.junctionlabs.io
May 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
At AWS, I led the team that built EC2's Nitro virtualization stack— C code deployed to 500K servers. Biggest lesson? Pre-production testing has limits. You must embrace safe production testing.
My new blog explains how Nitro did it, and how Junction brings this to any Kubernetes team.
My new blog explains how Nitro did it, and how Junction brings this to any Kubernetes team.
In my new blog post for Junction Labs, I explore service discovery by delving into the December OpenAI outage. I analyze root cause and discuss a principle we grasped during the development of EC2's Networking: static stability. Check out the full post here: www.junctionlabs.io/blog/dns-and...
DNS and the December 2024 OpenAI Outage
In December 2024, OpenAI faced a significant outage lasting approximately four hours. This incident highlighted a critical challenge in container orchestration: maintaining reliable service discovery ...
www.junctionlabs.io
January 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In my new blog post for Junction Labs, I explore service discovery by delving into the December OpenAI outage. I analyze root cause and discuss a principle we grasped during the development of EC2's Networking: static stability. Check out the full post here: www.junctionlabs.io/blog/dns-and...