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What’s an event and what should be inside?

Event-driven communication is odd compared to request-response calls.

16 hrs ago •

Horizontal Scaling Starts with Load Balancers – But Doesn’t Stop There

Two Practical Ways to Scale Beyond Load Balancers.

Nov 13 •

I have seen this mistake in production. The Dual Write Problem is not a myth.

Two solutions deal with it.

Nov 6 •

Not All Features Are Equal

Optimize Your System for What Matters Most.

Oct 30 •

Happy paths only exists in YouTube tutorials

In the real world, you need "something" in charge—an orchestrated approach.

Oct 23 •

Queues, Topics, and Their Trade-offs

Five questions to pick the "right" one.

Oct 16 •

Work Queues: The Simplest Form of Batch Processing

An Easy and Scalable Solution for Managing Tasks

Oct 9 •

Failing Silently is also an Option.

You can do better than showing Error Messages. Learn when and how.

Oct 2 •

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