Welcome
I’m Adrian Ashdown, a Solutions Architect with a background in software engineering and database administration, and over 25 years’ experience on the Microsoft stack.
This is where I write about what I’ve learned along the way, from designing and running business-critical platforms to the wider decisions that shape how technology serves a business.
Latest articles
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Architecture Decisions Are Business Decisions
How to make them well, and why it’s worth writing them down
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Security by Design, Not by Accident
What smaller businesses need in place before their first breach
Earlier Writing
Systems Thinking began on the blog of my consultancy, Ashdown Systems. The original articles are still available for reference.