PracticesArchitectureSoftware EngineeringUsing cloud technologies, it's possible to quickly build a solution with scalable architecture that works in almost any situation.
ReactReduxContext APIArchitectureTraditionally, starting a new React application means adding Redux for state management. Let's talk about the Context API as an alternative
PracticesSoftware EngineeringAgileRefactoringLearn why refactoring your code is important. Foster experimentation and lightweight solutions, not excessive planning and fear of change.
PracticesArchitectureSoftware EngineeringCode duplication makes software less maintainable and reduces our ability to iterate fast. Learn what duplication is and how to prevent it
InterviewsCoding ChallengeA bad experience in a take-home coding assignment can ruin how a candidate perceives your company. Let's talk about some anti-patterns
Auth0OAuthReactSPAs implementing OAuth should pick Authorization Code Flow with PKCE for maximum security. Let's implement it in React with help of Auth0
KubernetesOperationsDevOpsTerraformPod Disruption Budgets offer a way to protect the uptime of an application in Kubernetes during node maintenance, in a decoupled fashion
Book ReviewPracticesTeam OrganizationTeam topologies is a book that proposes four ways of organizing teams that aim to empower them to build better software
KubernetesIngressNGINXIf you run a lot of applications in a Kubernetes cluster, you probably use an Ingress controller. Let's dive into how it actually works
AgilePracticesLeadershipYou are writing high-quality technical stories and including them in every iteration. Find a home for them in your technical backlog
Book ReviewArchitecturePracticesWorking effectively with legacy code is an excellent resource when dealing with hairy, messy pieces of legacy code that nobody wants to touch
AgilePracticesLeadershipWriting technical stories is only the first step. Integrating them in an iteration is where progress happens. Don't avoid this discussion
Book ReviewNegotiationBeing properly prepared for a negotiation is a skill that is useful in many situations. Software development is about humans, after all
RustFunctional ProgrammingExceptionsEitherEither types are great for error handling. Rust has the Result type. It's tightly integrated into the language, and simplifies robust code
AgilePracticesLeadershipTechnical stories are misused. If used correctly, they help shape the technical vision. If not, they just enable skipping essential work
AgilePracticesLeadershipA well-run dev huddle increases the alignment among the developers of a team. I'm going to share my experience preparing for and running it
Book ReviewLeadershipRandsIn his newest book, Rands talks about leadership using his experience in different management roles in Silicon Valley companies
AWSTerraformVPCNetworkingUsing VPC endpoints helps keeping your network traffic away from prying eyes. I'm showing you how to provision them using Terraform
ReactTypeScriptCode OrganizationHow do you structure your components in a React application? I like to group mine around features close to the domain enforced by convention
ConcourseJsonnetTemplatingAfter building a bunch of big infrastructure pipelines for Concourse with jsonnet, I've some patterns to share to handle all that complexity
ConcourseJsonnetTemplatingTemplating YAML pipelines using a tool like Jsonnet is a way of managing the complexity of pipelines that increase in size and complexity
Auth0OAuthKotlinSpringBootBuild authorization into your Kotlin backend by combining Auth0, JWTs and Spring Security to ensure only the right parties can execute operations
Auth0OAuthInfrastructure as CodeTerraformSetting up Auth0 with Terraform ensures that your setup is repeatable, and that you can authorize your apps easily and conveniently
RESTe2ePostmannewmanPostman is a great tool to explore REST APIs. You can build requests and try them out to get quick feedback. Then you can persist them as collections to make sure that the knowledge doesn't get lost.
KotlinJSONJacksonRESTSpringBootBackends that provide a REST API or consume other APIs have to deal with JSON quite a lot. Luckily combining Kotlin and Jackson makes it a breeze
KotlinTestingMockKSpringBootAtriumWhen working with Kotlin you might need to build some non trivial mocks that need to be verified. Here is how to do it by combining MockK and Atrium