Ihor Nesterenko

Who I am

I'm Ihor Nesterenko, an IT system analyst based in the United Kingdom. For two decades I've turned business requirements into shippable systems — across ecommerce, healthcare, logistics, retail, and manufacturing. ERP and CRM landscapes by day; APIs, Python, and full SDLC work when the job demands it.

I write on Ship Then Fix with a hands-on analyst voice: clarity and meticulous detail, not swagger.

What I write about

Most of my pieces sit on the People shelf — workplace dynamics, requirements practice, brownfield temperament, compliance versus desk reality. The through-line is systems that had to go live, seen from the analyst's chair: discovery workshops, inherited specs, legacy estates nobody else wants to touch.

I write for peers who've sat in cross-functional meetings and inherited someone else's assumptions — not for beginners, not for executives shopping for buzzwords.

Editorial accountability

• Claims grounded in delivery work — specs, integrations, systems that shipped or failed in ways you can name
• Realistic threats only — the unvalidated import, the silent integration failure, not fictitious nation-state drama
• Practical experience, not legal or medical authority; security as practitioner context, not pen-test theatre
• No fabricated credentials or employers

Background

Cross-disciplinary by training — chemistry and linguistics first, then system analysis and design at Oxford, then ethical hacking at Abertay. That shows up as precise terminology, respect for process, and a habit of testing assumptions before they become production surprises.

I advocate for rescuing stalled systems over ceremonial rewrites when the recovery is cheaper and kinder — though some estates genuinely earn a rebuild. Offensive defence means probing designs the way a hostile environment would, with threats that actually happen.

Prior public writing list: TBD.

Get in touch

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