Principle
Untangling Frontend/Backend Ownership
Reframed an architecture stalemate into an organizational risk problem and got leadership alignment without formal authority. A legacy setup tightly coupled frontend and backend ownership. Frontend delivery depended on boundaries the backend controlled, creating unclear handoffs and a single point of failure. I'd proposed a known frontend architecture pattern, but it stalled because resistance centered on ownership, risk, and control rather than technical merit. I stopped pushing the pattern and