Mar 27 Office hours on Wednesday April 3rd, 2024 Hi, I've scheduled office hours for paying members on Wednesday April 3rd at 7.30am PDT (16.30 Mar 27, 2024
Feb 27 Microservices rules #2: Implement fast, automated deployment pipelines Microservices rules #2 is implement fast, automated deployment pipelines. The path from a developer’s laptop to production must be Feb 27, 2024 4 min read
Jan 29 Microservices rules: part 1 - overview I recently gave a presentation about microservices rules, a set of 11 best practices that organizations should follow when adopting Jan 29, 2024 3 min read
Jan 16 Preventing the descent into unmaintainable hell: tracking and improving architecture metrics Previously, I described how you can prevent your applications descent into hell by tracking the DORA metrics and the DevEx Jan 16, 2024 4 min read
Jan 01 Preventing the descent into unmaintainable hell: tracking and improving DevEx metrics As I previously described, one way organizations can prevent their descent into unmaintainable hell is by tracking the DORA metrics. Jan 1, 2024 3 min read
Dec 19 Thoughts about team size I recently saw a LinkedIn post about team size: In many orgs, Amazon’s 2-pizza team approach is a poor Dec 19, 2023 4 min read
Dec 11 Should I use a microservice to do X? And other design questions Recently, in response to my call for questions, a reader asked about how to design microservices for their financial services Dec 11, 2023 2 min read
Nov 30 Preventing the descent into unmaintainable hell: tracking and improving the DORA metrics As I previously described, sooner or later, many software applications become unmaintainable. Applications devolve into a tangled and fragile mess Nov 30, 2023 3 min read
Nov 10 Got questions about microservices? Do you have a burning question about the microservice architecture? Struggling with a design issue at work? I'd Nov 10, 2023
Nov 03 Building bad software quickly (and how to avoid it) Over the past year, I’ve talked to numerous developers who have said our application is ‘****’, it’s so complex Nov 3, 2023 4 min read