Architecture

If you’re working in a system that’s hard to change, it can be incredibly frustrating. It feels brittle, as if making a change in one part causes a bug or some negative side effect in another part that you had no idea about. You want to improve your system, but how? How do you go about this when it feels like a disaster? There is a way, and I’m going to share a strategy with you: look at your database first, you likely have database coupling that is the root cause. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds… Read More »Database Coupling: How to FIX a Spaghetti Code System

For the last 10 years, I’ve been developing a single product, greenfield, designing the architecture from scratch, and evolving it over time. Over this decade-long journey, I’ve made some architectural decisions I’m proud of—and some I definitely regret. Today, I want to share those experiences with you, diving deep into the good and bad decisions I made, and what I learned along the way. One theme that runs throughout my experience is the importance of isolation. How you isolate parts of your system, define boundaries, and manage dependencies can make or break your ability to evolve your architecture over time.… Read More »10 Years of Software Architecture: Best And Worst Decisions

Why not self-host using a VPS or dedicated hardware instead of using the cloud? Well, there are a lot of reasons. The cloud isn’t just about scaling; it’s about managed services. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Dissecting the Trend You’ve probably seen some memes on social media or blog posts pushing back against the cloud, advocating for self-hosting instead. But here’s the thing—everyone’s opinions are shaped by their own context. What works for them might not work for you. Let’s take a closer… Read More »Cloud vs Self-Hosting