Tag: Software architecture
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Six common mistakes to avoid in RESTful web API design
Posted on December 5, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
There are methods to improve API design — like following RESTful practices. But time and again we are seeing customers unknowingly program minor inconveniences into their APIs. To help you avoid these pitfalls, here are six of the most common mistakes we have seen developers make while creating the API — and guidance on how to get it right. By Varun Krovvidi,Geir Sjurseth.
Tags apis restful software-architecture google app-development
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How Pub/Sub eliminates boring meetings and makes your systems scale
Posted on November 21, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
So, you've said goodbye to the monolithic application and refactored it into services. You are shipping faster and the code is cleaner. But the complexity of communication between the services is causing performance issues. And every time a new team needs to integrate, it's a whole lot of meetings. By Priyanka Vergadia, Kir Titievsky.
Tags devops software-architecture code-refactoring messaging queues
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How to improve your cloud cost forecasting
Posted on November 1, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Since technology usage is often an organization's highest expenditure after personnel costs, effectively forecasting cloud spend is vital to planning, negotiating, and achieving sustainable economies of scale as you grow and mature your business on the cloud. So, what can you can do to more accurately predict future cloud costs? In particular, how can you forecast your AWS spend for the next month, quarter, or year? By John Klacynski.
Tags programming app-development cloud software-architecture learning cio
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Introducing workerd: Open source workers runtime
Posted on September 28, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Introduction to workerd, the JavaScript/Wasm runtime based on the same code that powers Cloudflare Workers. workerd is Open Source under the Apache License version 2.0. workerd shares most of its code with the runtime that powers Cloudflare Workers, but with some changes designed to make it more portable to other environments. By Kenton Varda.
Tags serverless devops software-architecture apis cloud infosec
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Deep dive: How AI content generators work
Posted on September 11, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been steadily influencing business processes, automating repetitive and mundane tasks even for complex industries like construction and medicine. By Victor Dey.
Tags big-data machine-learning data-science software-architecture
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Why you absolutely must document your no-code software
Posted on September 4, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Here's a conceptual framework to help keep your no-code and low-code effort simple, but comprehensive. By Joe Procopio.
Tags software-architecture big-data bots programming data-science devops
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How to build low-code mixed-reality apps in Power Apps, AI Builder and HoloLens
Posted on September 3, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Off-the-shelf tools and components like Power Apps, AI Builder and HoloLens let you deliver your own industrial metaverse at a low cost. Microsoft's low-code Power Platform is a key piece of its business software suite. By sitting between Microsoft 365's productivity tools and the Dynamics 365 line-of-business applications, it's a way to build out custom workflows and add your own user experiences. By Simon Bisson.
Tags software-architecture big-data bots management data-science software
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How to implement Enterprise Risk Management framework
Posted on August 26, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Managing individual business risks is difficult when silos exist. An enterprise risk management (ERM) framework consolidates risk management strategy across an entire organization, enabling better visibility, measurement, and management of business objectives. By Catherine Chipeta.
Tags app-development devops miscellaneous software-architecture
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Multi-dimensional approach helps you proactively prepare for failures: Application layer
Posted on August 17, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Resiliency of applications surpasses everything else in building customer trust. Because of this, it cannot be an afterthought. Instead of simply reacting to a failure, why not be proactive?. By Piyali Kamra, Aish Gopalan, Isael Pimentel, and Aditi Sharma.
Tags software-architecture devops microservices performance app-development queues
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This is how we scale: Using a centralized logging solution
Posted on August 4, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length long
Our current centralized logging solution is Logz.io: Cloud Observability for Engineers and most of our application logs are sent there from the k8s cluster. In addition, we use the logging system's alert mechanism to trigger and send alerts to various sources, including email, Slack channels, etc. By Uriah Ahrak.
Tags devops aws app-development software-architecture serverless monitoring
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Scaling up and load balancing your PostgreSQL Cluster using Pgpool-II
Posted on July 12, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
PostgreSQL's speed, robustness and security makes it suitable for 99% of the new-age applications. Today, let's deep dive into how you can enable scalability and load balancing of your PostgreSQL cluster using Pgpool-II. By Azman Agung Nugraha.
Tags database performance software-architecture mysql
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Building a websocket server in a Microservice architecture
Posted on June 28, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Designing a WebSocket server in a microservice architecture for real-time communications. This article was written to share author's exploration of real-time communication between frontend and backend using WebSocket. In recent years, microservice is an architectural approach that many developers have adopted, and one of the key principles of microservice architecture is the "Single Responsibility Principle." By KBryan.
Tags software-architecture microservices app-development