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 ›
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Using speaking opportunities as learning opportunities
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 ›
How should you model your event-driven processes?
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 ›
Yes, You Can Use a Single Service Registry for .NET and Java Microservices
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 ›
Creating a JSON-Friendly Azure Logic App That Interacts with Functions, DocumentDB and Service Bus
I like what Microsoft’s doing in the app integration space. They breathed new life into their classic integration bus (BizTalk Server). The family of Azure Service Bus technologies (Queues, Topics, Relay) is super solid. API Management and Event Hubs solve… Read More ›
My New Pluralsight Course—Implementing DevOps in the Real World —is Now Live!
DevOps. It’s a thing. And it’s a thing that has serious business benefit. But for many, it’s still a confusing thing. Especially for those in large companies who struggle to map cloud-native, or startup, processes to their own. So, I’m… Read More ›
Using Azure API Management with Cloud Foundry
APIs, APIs everywhere. They power our mobile apps, connect our “things”, and improve supply chains. API management suites popped up to help companies secure, tune, version, and share their APIs effectively. I’ve watched these suites expand beyond the initial service virtualization… Read More ›
