Platform architecture
Tools · Structure
We plan the data models, permissions, integrations and hosting behind a platform around the work it has to carry, including the work it will take on after launch. We keep the result plain enough that any developer who comes after us can find their way around.
Planning the #HalfTheStory learning platform
The #HalfTheStory learning platform replaced one built for an earlier stage of the organization. The old system did the job for a while, but a school could not sign itself up, teachers had to be added by hand, and nobody could buy access without someone at #HalfTheStory processing it.
We kept content and people apart in the data. Sanity holds the lessons and the site, a Postgres database holds accounts, subscriptions and activity, and the application merges the two when it renders a page. That split lets a lesson stay public while a teacher's private notes stay tied to their login. Subscriptions belong to organizations rather than individuals, so a school buys a program once and its teachers inherit access.
#HalfTheStory's learning platform
Next.js and Sanity for content, Postgres for accounts and Stripe for subscriptions, deployed on Vercel.
Legible to whoever comes next
We write architecture another developer can find their way around, with plain names and clear boundaries between the parts. We avoid clever indirection, because it tends to save a hundred lines and cost the next person a week of reading. On most of this work we are the ones maintaining it later.
What gets decided here
Architecture decides how the data is shaped, who can see what, which systems talk to each other and where everything runs. Those four answers constrain everything built afterwards, and changing any of them later is the expensive kind of change.
Selected work
2026
2026
#HalfTheStory Learning Management System
Platforms and applications, Portals and member experiences, Platform architecture, Data modelling, Interface design, Multilingual and multi-region systems, Accessible design, Performance and optimization
Platforms and applications, Portals and member experiences, Platform architecture, Data modelling, Interface design, Multilingual and multi-region systems, Accessible design, Performance and optimization
2024–2025
2024–2025
WealthCo Infinite CPA Decoupling
Platform architecture, Platforms and applications
Platform architecture, Platforms and applications