Articles
Articles
Long-form pieces on bidder architecture, agentic ad workflows, and where adtech standards are heading.
Mar 2026
Maksymilian Wojczuk
The Architect’s Veto: Why "Just Building It" is Rarely Enough
Generic software development is often described as a game of execution. You get a requirement, you write the code, you pass the tests, and you deploy. In the era of high-speed delivery and AI-assisted coding, we have become remarkably good at the building part of the process. But as the complexity o
Mar 2026
Damian Naglak
Inside the IAB agentic AI roadmap and new standards
This article is part of an ongoing series by Appliscale's Head of Engineering, Damian Naglak, exploring the new IAB agentic framework and what these shifts mean for the future of ad tech and cloud infrastructure.
Jan 2026
Handling Money in Milliseconds: 12 Questions for AdTech Expert Damian Naglak (Appliscale)
AdTech is often misunderstood. To the outsider, it’s just pop-ups and tracking cookies. To the insider, it’s one of the most ruthless, high-performance engineering playgrounds on the planet—a place where a 20-millisecond delay costs real money and scale isnt a buzzword, its a survival requirement. W
Dec 2025
Michal Niec
CTV Infrastructure: Where the Industry Is Heading
I was at the IAB Tech Lab CTV conference recently, and it reinforced several trends Ive been watching in the Connected TV space. The technical challenges facing this industry are substantial, and the solutions being developed will shape how digital advertising infrastructure works for years to come.
Nov 2025
Damian Naglak
AI-Powered Deal Troubleshooting
Deal troubleshooting in programmatic advertising is notoriously painful. Weve all watched countless AdOps engineers spend hours manually checking APIs, cross-referencing databases, and hunting through metrics just to figure out why a single deal isnt bidding. At Appliscale, we’re using our expertise
Oct 2025
AWS RTB Fabric: The Hidden Complexity of Adtech Infrastructure and Why This Changes Everything
Amazon Web Services recently launched RTB Fabric, a purpose-built infrastructure service for real-time bidding workloads. This isnt just another cloud service – its AWS putting a managed network layer directly between buyers and sellers in the programmatic advertising ecosystem. ❕What makes this ann