01 · Architecture
The CMS Is Not the Application
Where the boundary between application and content system belongs.
Read the essayFabian Braun · Düsseldorf
I build systems for making better decisions.
I’m founder and managing director of A.IX Capital, where I work on systematic investing and automated investment processes. I’m also a long-standing open-source developer and steward of django CMS.
Selected writing
Ideas worth testing.
Essays about the boundary between applications and content systems, how architecture shapes experience, and what should remain a human decision.
02 · Editor experience
Plugin Architecture Is Editor Experience
How technical component architecture becomes product design.
Read the essay03 · Reusable software
Make Your Django Application Editable
Adding editorial capabilities without surrendering application architecture.
Read the essayWhat I do
Two fields. One way of thinking.
Across finance and software, I work on explicit rules, sound architecture, useful automation, and the places where judgment matters most.
Primary work · Finance
Systematic investing
I founded A.IX Capital to develop systematic approaches to investment and risk management: clear, repeatable processes designed to remain robust as conditions change.
Visit A.IX Capital ↗Open source · Software
Content systems
I help shape the product and technical direction of django CMS and build open-source software around content architecture, reusable Django applications, and automation.
See what I’ve built →Currently thinking about
Content systemsAutomationSoftware architectureHuman judgment in automated systems