Apps fail. Hardware fails. Networks fail. None of this should surprise you. As we build more distributed systems, these failures create unpredictability. Remote calls between components might experience latency, faults, unresponsiveness, or worse. How do you keep a failure in… Read More ›
You’ve got a lot of options when connecting microservices together. You could use service discovery and make direct calls. Or you might use a shared database to transfer work. But message brokers continue to be a popular choice. These range… Read More ›
No microservice is an island. Oh sure, we all talk about isolated components and independent teams. But your apps and services get combined and used in all sorts of ways. It’s inevitable. As you consider how your microservices interact with… Read More ›
I’ve got three kids now. Trying to get anywhere on time involves heroics. My son is almost ten years old and he’s rarely the problem. The bottleneck is elsewhere. It doesn’t matter how much faster my son gets himself ready,… Read More ›
Over this summer, I’ll be speaking at a handful of events. I sign myself up for these opportunities —in addition to teaching courses for Pluralsight —so that I commit time to learning new things. Nothing like a deadline to provide… Read More ›
During most workdays, I exist in a state of continuous partial attention. I bounce between (planned and unplanned) activities, and accept that I’m often interrupt-driven. While that’s not an ideal state for humans, it’s a great state for our technology… Read More ›
Years ago, I could recall lots of phone numbers from memory. Now? It’d be tough to come up with more than two. There’s so many ways to contact each person that I know (phone, email(s), Twitter, WhatsApp, etc) and I… Read More ›
