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CRUD APIs are Poor Design

I’m convinced that CRUD APIs and CRUD-driven systems—meaning systems built around Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations—are, in the long run, the hardest to change and evolve. This might sound unintuitive at first, especially since many of us have read blog posts, watched videos, or taken courses on building HTTP APIs under the guise of REST. But often, what we’re really doing is just CRUD-driven development over a database record using HTTP methods and JSON. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Beyond CRUD Ultimately,… Read More »CRUD APIs are Poor Design

Sponsor: Using RabbitMQ or Azure Service Bus in your .NET systems? Well, you could just use their SDKs and roll your own serialization, routing, outbox, retries, and telemetry. I mean, seriously, how hard could it be?

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DTOs & Mapping : The Good, The Bad, And The Excessive

Something that’s often overused, misunderstood, or just incorrectly applied in software development: Data Transfer Objects (DTOs). DTOs are a common pattern, but like many things in software, they tend to get used in places where they don’t actually solve the problem at hand. So, what are DTOs really for? When should you use them? And when are they just extra work with no real benefit? Let’s dig in. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. What Are Data Transfer Objects (DTOs)? First, let’s start with… Read More »DTOs & Mapping : The Good, The Bad, And The Excessive

Cloud vs Self-Hosting

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