Site reliability engineering is all about continuous improvement, finding the balance between business and product demands while working within technological limitations to drive higher revenue. But quantifying and understanding reliability, handling resources, and meeting developer requirements can sometimes be overwhelming. With a focus on reliability from an infrastructure and coding perspective, Becoming a Rockstar SRE […]
“The Unicorn Project” is a book by Gene Kim, a companion novel to “The Phoenix Project,” that explores the challenges faced by a different protagonist, Maxine, as she works on a transformational project within the same company, Parts Unlimited. The book delves into the importance of developer productivity, innovation, and the role of technology in […]
“The Phoenix Project” by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford is a novel that presents the challenges faced by a fictional company called Parts Unlimited and their journey towards achieving IT and organizational excellence. The story revolves around the protagonist, Bill, who is tasked with turning around a failing IT department and delivering a […]
Microservices design patterns are software design patterns that generate 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 services. The aim is to allow developers who use microservices to accelerate application releases and deploy each microservice 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 if needed. Different microservices patterns each have their advantages and drawbacks. Each service is fully 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 and full-stack. Changing a service implementation won’t impact other […]
Here are the 𝟱 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱-𝘁𝗼-𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲. I am a strong believer that you should strive to understand the entire end-to-end Data System if you want to achieve the best results in your career progression. This means having high level […]
Microservices architecture has gained popularity due to its ability to enable fast and continuous delivery of software. However, designing microservices to work together seamlessly can be a challenging task. In this blog post, we will explore how the Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) design pattern can be used in a microservices architecture to build scalable, […]
As senior software architects, you are no doubt familiar with the challenges that come with designing and maintaining complex, distributed software systems. One of the biggest challenges in today’s microservices architecture is ensuring service reliability and preventing system failures. This is where the circuit breaker pattern comes in. With its ability to handle and recover […]
Are you an IT professional who’s confused about the differences between SRE vs DevOps job roles? Do you wonder which one is right for your career growth and development? If so, you’re not alone. Many people in the IT industry struggle to understand the distinctions between these two roles and how they complement each other. […]
Netflix backend Architecture consists of a bunch of micro-services collaborating in a loosely coupled fashion. This kind of setup helps deliver large, complex applications quickly and reliably. The figure below is an overiew of Netflix’s backend. 1. The Client sends a Play request to a Backend running on AWS. Netflix uses Amazon’s Elastic Load Balancer […]
Everyone loves burgers, whether it’s a full stack burger, a frontend burger, or a backend burger. While the origin of this innovative burger is unknown, a comparable full-stack burger was shared on Reddit four years ago. We want to give a special shout-out to the original creators. Watch & subscribe full video here: — Get […]
