I design the systems enterprises run on.
I lead the architecture and the teams that build it.
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I work where systems, teams, and messy production constraints meet. About me.
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I design the systems enterprises run on.
I lead the architecture and the teams that build it.
Latest insight · September 23, 2026 · 16 min read
Your Git branching strategy is probably too complicated
Simplify your Git release process: separate integration from release scope, promote tested artifacts, and automate the bookkeeping between teams.
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I work where systems, teams, and messy production constraints meet. I'm always ready to take on the next challenge.
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leadership
September 12, 2026 · 16 minBuilding high-performing engineering teams
Build high-performing engineering teams with fewer rules, stronger mentorship, and success measured by user feedback, product outcomes, and business value.
ai
August 2, 2026 · 6 minYour team does not need more AI-generated code
AI compressed implementation, not thinking. Spend some of the time it saves reading the code together and making sure the software reflects reality.
architecture
July 9, 2026 · 8 minThis portfolio: how far can AI take a production website?
I built this portfolio to test how far AI could carry a real production system: Next.js on Lambda, an ISR pipeline, and a procedural WebGL sky.
Case studies
Systems that changed how the business runs
payments
Customer Billing Portal Rebuild
Rebuilt a per-login licensed billing portal in-house in three months. Platform cost fell more than 90%.
data
Enterprise AWS Data Warehouse
Built an AWS data warehouse that gave a major insurer control over its data landscape across 150+ daily extracts and 5 external companies.
infrastructure
CI/CD & Release Automation Modernization
Modernized the SDLC to cut deployment time from a week to four hours, bug to production.
Bring me a messy problem.
Email hello@artnikitin.dev or find me on LinkedIn. More ways to reach me are on the contact page.