https://kjaniec.dev/blog Software engineer crafting elegant solutions and sharing insights on modern web development, architecture, and best practices. en-us contact@kjaniec.dev (Krzysztof Janiec) contact@kjaniec.dev (Krzysztof Janiec) Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://kjaniec.dev/blog/dark-souls-systems-design https://kjaniec.dev/blog/dark-souls-systems-design Not ten lessons, one: death is the default case, not the exception. It is the genre — Demon's Souls through Elden Ring, plus the soulslikes that copied its homework — that taught me to design systems around failure instead of bolting it on at the end. Here is what that looks like in actual code. Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT contact@kjaniec.dev (Krzysztof Janiec) architecturesystems-designreliabilitygaming