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Event-Driven Architecture lost its way

Event-driven architecture is excellent for decoupling—or is it? The industry is trending towards losing the value of decoupling because of how it uses and defines events. Let me explain so you can avoid getting caught up in the same coupling trap. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Events I’ve been seeing events defined in four ways in the industry right now: in terms of size, they are either coarse or granularity and are derived from CRUD and data-centric or business-focused and behavior-centric. Coarse events… Read More »Event-Driven Architecture lost its way

App Configuration: where does it go?

How do you manage your App Configuration? Things like connection strings, hostnames, 3rd party API keys, and application-specific settings like log levels. You can use config files, environment variables, and external configuration services. Let me sort it out and explain the different situations so you can choose the best option. It’s not a one size fits all. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Included It’s typical to include your configuration alongside your application. This could be in code, compiled into your binary, or a… Read More »App Configuration: where does it go?

5 Tips for Building Resilient Architecture

How do you build resilient architecture and systems? I will give you five tips on things you can look at and implement to keep your systems functioning correctly and consistently. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Fallbacks You want to consider having a fallback for any external services you use. For example, this could be a payment gateway or something as simple as a URL shortener. Why? If you depend on these external services and they become unavailable, this can negatively affect the availability… Read More »5 Tips for Building Resilient Architecture