The System Design scales. It is very important to know how to scale a system. It is even more important to make sure that your system is able to scale up or down. What do I mean by that? The basic idea is that code has two values: It has…

Dear Uber, please do not mistake the map for the territory. Domain-Oriented Microservices Architecture 😑. Let me start with what is wrong with the highest-level idea. Microservices Architecture “Microservices” is definitely not a type of architecture. Microservices is a deployment strategy. What is the difference? One is supposed to deal…

All software systems have an architecture. And most complex software projects fail because of their architecture. Why? Because when it is done wrong, the development becomes slower and more expensive as the application becomes more complex. You have probably seen it when the code is so ugly that everyone wants…

Or “maybe I had too much coffee this morning”. Did you ever notice how a lot of countries have developed their laws following a “waterfall approach”? We came up with a “big upfront design” constitution, that we signed, then we changed its details as we…

Generalizing is seldom an easy task, but I am going to try anyway. I already talked about how it is very important to look at the context of a new development before deciding whether you should handle it internally or externally: Should you hire developers, outsource or find a consulting/development…

If you are reading this, my guess is that you want to make some kind of software to lower cost and/or effort (and increase output and profitability) in your own business or project. …