We’ve all been here before. A new feature should be implemented in the system we’re working on, and the team is divided: Some say – “well, that’s not so hard, let’s develop it!” Some say – “guys, there is already a tool that does this, let’s use it!” So we’ve all learned that in the […]
In The Beginning… History tends to repeat itself. And the question is, of course, can we learn from it? Now, that might be interesting, but totally unrelated to Software, right? Wrong! It’s quite easy to see that trends in the software industry tend to repeat, and that they come in waves. Every time we, the […]
Where Are We Now? Micro Services are all the rage right now. Everywhere I go, every architectural discussion I’m taking part in, every conference I’m registering, is flooded with Micro Services. “How to migrate your monolith (read: pathetically old and outdated) application to a Micro Services architecture?” “Kubernetes vs Mesos vs Consul – Let the […]
Well, maybe “Enemy” is too strong a word, but it’s definitely something you should probably keep away from. Timestamps are everywhere. We use them generously, and often don’t give it a second thought. It’s so natural to use it, that we never stop and ask ourselves: “Is it really a good idea?” Well, it turns […]
I just got off the phone with one of my colleagues, and we had an interesting discussion about a situation we have with one of our clients. Here is the situation: Our customer had, for years, a software that was installed as a standalone product. It was a single machine that had the application (.NET […]
One of the dilemmas many architects face when designing a system is: To SQL or to NoSQL? Of course, this is not a “One size fits all” question, and the answers will vary based on many factors: Schema flexibility, type of queries, importance of transactions, scale and more. A few weeks ago, with one of […]