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ArchitectureHow we work · Part 1

Why we design the architecture before the interface

The most expensive decisions on a project are made in the first week. Here is how we make them on paper, where they are still cheap to change.

Jakir Hussian

Jakir Hussian · Founder & Engineering Lead

Jun 20, 20266 min read

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Updated Jun 21, 2026

A beautiful screen built on the wrong data model is a liability. It looks like progress, so it earns trust, and then every change fights the shape underneath it. We design the architecture first because that is where the expensive, hard-to-reverse decisions live.

Cheap on paper, expensive in code

Changing a boundary in a diagram costs an eraser. Changing it after three features depend on it costs a sprint. So we spend the first week producing the model, the seams, and the read/write rules — before a single component is styled.

The seam is the product

Every read goes through one data-access layer. Mock today, API tomorrow — the signatures never change, so the UI is built once and never rewritten when the backend lands. This journal is built exactly that way.

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