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Microservices… what actually happened

    The biggest failure in the history of software.

    • Apr 2

    More threads didn’t increase throughput

      The added complexity wasn't justified.

      • Mar 26

      When SDK Entities Leak Into Your Business Layer

        The right combination of patterns for better integrations.

        • Mar 12

        We thought retry + DLQ was enough

          Nothing crashed—things just got worse.

          • Mar 3

          We allowed ambiguity over who is doing what in the name of agility

            • Feb 19

            SOLID confused me until i found out the truth

              • Feb 12

              Every time I face legacy system modernization, the same thought comes back

                It would be much easier to start a next-gen system from scratch.

                • Feb 5

                We skipped system design patterns, and paid the price

                  This made me rethink a system design decision while working on an event-driven architecture.

                  • Jul 31, 2025

                  Is 3-Tiers Architecture Justified?

                  A compromised web server is unpleasant, but it’s a contained incident if that server had no direct path to the crown jewels.

                  • Jul 17, 2025

                  Scaling Pay Bills with Async Messaging

                  The Month-End Bottleneck

                  • Jul 3, 2025

                  Is gRPC Justified?

                  In a high-performance mobile banking system, we chose gRPC with Protobuf over REST/JSON to meet a strict 200 ms response time target.

                  • Jun 19, 2025

                  Is API Gateway Justified?

                  Our fintech system supports iOS, Android, a web portal, and even a Zendesk SAAS. Each with its own needs