<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Martin Sakowski | Blog</title><description>Website and blog of Martin Sakowski, Principal Solutions Architect at AWS, based in Hamburg, Germany.</description><link>https://martinsakowski.com/</link><item><title>Footprints before maps</title><link>https://martinsakowski.com/blog/cloud-architecture-notes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://martinsakowski.com/blog/cloud-architecture-notes/</guid><description>Architecture work matters when it gives teams a path from strategy to implementation rather than another target-state diagram.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Remove the meeting</title><link>https://martinsakowski.com/blog/platform-modernization-without-drama/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://martinsakowski.com/blog/platform-modernization-without-drama/</guid><description>Platform engineering becomes valuable when it improves decision velocity, reliability, and ownership instead of adding another internal product slogan.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The useful question</title><link>https://martinsakowski.com/blog/talks-as-architecture-feedback/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://martinsakowski.com/blog/talks-as-architecture-feedback/</guid><description>Public speaking forces technical ideas into a form that other people can challenge, which is often where architecture gets sharper.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>