Aug
23,
2023
Let Microservices Communicate Cleanly With CQRS and Event Sourcing
Distributed systems are complicated. Any software architecture who has ever built a distributed system rarely denies this. But the question arises: how complicated are these systems? Many programmers and those responsible in companies have an exaggerated fear of them. After all, all computer programs are complicated, or they become so...
May
2,
2023
Kubernetes Tutorial: Multi-Tenancy, Purpose-Built Operating System
Kubernetes is a container orchestrator that has rapidly gained popularity among developers and IT operations teams alike. While it started out as a tool to manage containerized applications, it has evolved into much more than that — Kubernetes is a microcosmos and it is “eating the world.”
Nov
9,
2022
Why Web Development Should Take an Opinionated Approach
Software that stands the test of time is only as good as the process to build and maintain it. From ideation to maintenance, the processes should be understood and documented across your team, so that everyone works in the same way. The challenge here is how to define the process...
Nov
10,
2021
Scrum: An Introduction for Developers
In the first part of this series, we will examine the theory behind the Scrum Framework. We will discuss the roles of acting persons with a focus on the role of the Development Team.
Oct
20,
2021
How Agility helps you help yourself
The world has become more complicated, and not just since the onset of the pandemic. Simultaneously, increasing complexity requires a more flexible approach to projects, specifically in the development and IT fields. The notion of agile development is not new. It offers an opportunity to better position oneself to transition...
Aug
9,
2021
Microservices after the hype
And now? Microservices have been the center of attention for years. Time to draw a conclusion and show how microservices have influenced software development.
Jul
14,
2021
Through the Galaxy with Microframeworks
In software development, nothing is as constant as change: The last few years have been characterized by the microservices trend and the associated move away from heavyweight, monolithic applications to smaller, cloud-based services and, most recently, serverless computing.
Oct
14,
2019
Developed by humans for humans
“We create the UX designs and then that can be developed” – surely, we’ve all heard this or something similar at least once, or perhaps you were the one who said it. In interdisciplinary teams, in which the words “user experience” falls, it is commonly the case that one or...
Jul
9,
2019
Do We Need a Service Mesh?
Over the past year, service mesh has come to the fore as a crucial component of the cloud native stack. Giants like Ticketmaster and PayPal have all added a service mesh to their production applications. But what is a service mesh, exactly? Is it even relevant? And why?
May
22,
2019
Agile structured: From User Story to Planning Poker to Code
There are many ways to run an agile project. Backlog, Scrum and Kanban are the most common. However, they only work if tasks already exist and are entered in the backlog. But how is a project organized agilely and how can an agile project be measured before the first sprint...