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2/27/2025
14 : 34
Documenting Event-Driven Architecture with EventCatalog and David Boyne
If you're wondering on how to document Event-Driven Architecture, or you don't know that you should, I have something for you. We discussed with David Boyne, why data governance practices and
2/27/2025
7 : 34
How does Kafka know what was the last message it processed? Deep dive into Offset Tracking
Today we got back to our Kafka internals series. We discussed how it keeps track of processed messages. This may seem like a detail, but understanding it can be critical for smooth message processing.
2/14/2025
2 : 54
Defining Your Paranoia Level: Navigating Change Without the Overkill
We've all been there: trying to learn something new, only to find our old habits holding us back. We discussed today how our gut feelings about solving problems can sometimes be our own worst enemy
2/14/2025
2 : 14
Pssst, do you want to learn some Event Sourcing?
Hi! Does Event Sourcing tempt you but don't know where to start? Is your business losing data? ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
1/13/2025
14 : 4
How a Kafka-Like Producer Writes to Disk
We take a Kafka client, call the producer, send the message, and boom, expect it to be delivered on the other end. And that's actually how it goes. But wouldn't it be nice to understand better
1/10/2025
9 : 14
Invitation to the Event Sourcing workshop
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1/6/2025
13 : 54
Thoughts on Platforms, Core Teams, DORA Report and all that jazz
Everyone's hyping “platform teams” like they're the next big thing—yet I see so many struggling, often for the same reasons core teams do. In latest edition I dive into why these big, central
12/30/2024
9 : 54
Locks, Queues and business workflows processing
Last week, we discussed Distributed Locking. Today, we'll continue with it but doing it differently: with a full backflip. We'll see how and why to implement locks with queuing. Then we'll
12/23/2024
14 : 4
Distributed Locking: A Practical Guide
If you're wondering how and when distributed locking can be useful, here's the practical guide. I explained why distributed locking is needed in real-world scenarios. Explored how popular tools
12/19/2024
6 : 54
On getting the meaningful discussions, and why that's important
To put our design into practice, we need to be able to persuade our colleagues, stakeholders, and other peers. Without the ability to explain and persuade, even the best design will not be applied. And
12/10/2024
5 : 5
The Write-Ahead Log: The underrated Reliability Foundation for Databases and Distributed systems
The write-ahead log (WAL) is everywhere. Yet, many people miss it and are not aware of it. The simple idea powers reliability in databases, messaging systems, and distributed systems. Let's discuss
12/2/2024
7 : 14
Applying Observability: From Strategy to Practice with Hazel Weakly
Have you considered applying observability but struggled to match the strategy with the tooling? Or maybe you were lost on how to do it? I have something for you!I had a great discussion with Hazel
11/29/2024
10 : 14
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11/25/2024
13 : 24
Deduplication in Distributed Systems: Myths, Realities, and Practical Solutions
This week, we'll discuss the deduplication strategies. We'll see whether they're useful and consider scenarios where you may need them. We'll also do a reality check with the promises
11/18/2024
14 : 44
Ordering, Grouping and Consistency in Messaging systems
We went quite far from our Queue Broker series in recent editions, but today, we're back to it! By powers combined, I joined our Queue Broker implementation to solve the generic idempotency check
11/11/2024
18 : 14
Building your own Ledger Database
Today we discussed a challenge of replacing Amazon Quantum Ledger Database raised by Architecture Weekly community member. The surprising recommendation was to built your own Ledger Database. Why? Am I
11/4/2024
12 : 44
Tech Debt doesn't exist, but trade-offs do
Tech debt is deader than dead, shock is all in your head. At least I'm shocked that after 32 years we're still using this term. I discussed today why I consider Tech Debt metaphore harmful, why
10/28/2024
8 : 4
Frontent Architecture, Backend Architecture or just Architecture? With Tomasz Ducin
What's more important Frontend or Backend? What is Frontend Architecture? Is it even a thing? Where to draw the line, what are the common challenges in Frontend world? How do we shape our teams:
10/21/2024
11 : 24
Don't Oversell Ideas: Trunk-Based Development Edition
We're living in the kiss-kiss-bang-bang era. Answers have to be quick, solutions simple, takes hot. One of the common leitmotifs that I see in my bubble is "just do trunk-based development
10/20/2024
7 : 34
Why to measure and make our system observable? How to reason on chaotic world
The world is messy and chaotic, who knew? Embracing that hard fact can bring relief, and be a first step to understanding how to handle known knowns, unknown unknowns and all that jazz. Today I