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Author: Rob Broadhead

Rob is a founder of, and frequent contributor to, Develpreneur. This includes the Building Better Developers podcast. He is also a lifetime learner as a developer, designer, and manager of software solutions. Rob is the founder of RB Consulting and has managed to author a book about his family experiences and a few about becoming a better developer. In his free time, he stays busy raising five children (although they have grown into adults). When he has a chance to breathe, he is on the ice playing hockey to relax or working on his ballroom dance skills.

Database Testing And Automation – Mock Data And Environments

March 2, 2022 • Become a Better Developer

Database testing is fraught with challenges. We have to find new ways to create a database replica, match the data in size and meaning as well as validate changes. These obstacles add…

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The Swiss Army Knife Anti-Pattern – All Things To All People

March 1, 2022 • Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns

Much like the make people happy obstacle, we have the Swiss Army Knife Anti-Pattern. This mistake is another example of over-architecting a solution. Think of it as throwing everything into a design…

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Make Everyone Happy – A Paradoxical Anti-Pattern

February 24, 2022 • Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns

One of the most amusing anti-patterns is the one known as “make everyone happy.” The funny thing is that it never does. Instead, it points us to an old bit of wisdom…

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Architecture By Implication – An Assumption Anti-Pattern

February 22, 2022 • Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns

The series switches gears to look at anti-patterns. We start with the mother of all anti-patterns, architecture by implication. Any time we have a pattern that includes assumptions, success is a challenge. …

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The Space-Based Pattern , AKA A Cloud Architecture

February 17, 2022 • Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns

We wrap up our patterns focus with the space-based pattern. This is also known as cloud architecture. We will see how this approach allows us to break out the solution into components…

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The Microservices Architecture Pattern – Small, Reusable Solutions

February 15, 2022 • Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns

We come to one of the best patterns for breaking a big problem down into bite-sized pieces. The microservices architecture pattern is a perfect fit. The objective is to farm out work…

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