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📅 March 9, 2022 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 2 minutes read

DevOps – An Overview Of What It Is And How To Benefit

DevOps is a hot topic in recent years. However, it is often misunderstood or ill-defined. This presentation tries to correct that. We look at its short history and how DevOps is used. Likewise, we…

📅 March 8, 2022 Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns ⏱ 2 minutes read

The Jumble Anti-Pattern : Mixing up horizontal and vertical

One of the funny things about anti-patterns is that they are obvious in the name alone. We might not know what it is but everyone avoids a jumble. There is no technical knowledge required…

📅 March 3, 2022 Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns ⏱ 2 minutes read

Cover Your Assets Anti-Pattern : Protection Over Production

Overkill is a theme among many anti-patterns. The cover your assets approach is one of those types where it just goes too far. There is nothing wrong with providing a solid paper trail and…

📅 March 2, 2022 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 2 minutes read

Database Testing And Automation – Mock Data And Environments

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 up to…

📅 March 1, 2022 Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns ⏱ 2 minutes read

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

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 instead of…

📅 February 24, 2022 Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

Make Everyone Happy – A Paradoxical Anti-Pattern

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 that you…

📅 February 22, 2022 Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

Architecture By Implication – An Assumption Anti-Pattern

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. Looking ahead,…

📅 February 17, 2022 Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns ⏱ 2 minutes read

The Space-Based Pattern , AKA A Cloud Architecture

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 suited for…

📅 February 15, 2022 Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

The Microservices Architecture Pattern – Small, Reusable Solutions

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 to one…

📅 February 10, 2022 Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

The Microkernel Pattern – Core System and Plugins

The focus of this episode on software architecture patterns is the microkernel pattern. It is a common way to build on core technology without the need for future design. Once the plugin interface is…