Designing intelligent systems, one layer at a time.
For fifteen years, I built React applications the same way everyone else did: render everything on the client, fetch data with useEffect, and watch the bundle size grow with every…
Abstract data access logic behind a clean interface for testability and flexibility.
Use structured JSON logging for better searchability and analysis in cloud environments.
Share common code and dependencies across Lambda functions to reduce deployment size.
The first time I decomposed a monolith into microservices, I made every mistake in the book. We ended up with a distributed monolith—all the complexity of microservices with none of…
Prevent cascade failures by implementing circuit breaker pattern for external service calls.