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#45 The Raw Truth About Self-Publishing My First Technical Book: 800+ Copies, $11K, and 850 Hours
Want to write a technical book? Think twice. Here is my story of self-publishing a software architecture book—from the initial decision through writing…
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#20 Modular Monolith: Various Ways Of Communication
More and more often I encounter questions about how modules in a modular monolith can communicate with each other. It is high time to take a closer look…
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#35 A Tech Sales Guide: Stop Selling Technicalities, Start Selling Outcomes
As engineers, we love our technical solutions, but business leaders speak a different language. Learn how to turn your technical proposals into outcomes…
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#12 Document It: Architecture Decision Log
Capturing and storing architectural decisions can simplify the lives of future team members. We can keep a historical record of why certain…
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#33 Be Careful: Exploding Costs That Might Kill Your Product
Infrastructure costs can unexpectedly increase and harm your project success. Here are several common issues that repeatedly cause budget problems in…
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#30 Worth To Know: Common Deployment Strategies
Choosing the right deployment strategy is critical to efficient software delivery. In this post, I describe four battle-tested approaches: basic…
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#42 Architect With Confidence: Key Learning Resources of 2024
From groundbreaking books and conference talks to practical articles - 2024 brought a lot of excellent materials around software architecture. I share…
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#19 Stand Out: Become A Better Software Architect
The synergy of business acumen and technical expertise is extremely important. We can understand how the business works, and on at the same time…
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#43 Oops, I Deployed It Again: Learning from Our Continuous Deployment Fails
While we have managed to make our deployments successful most of the time, there is still that little percentage where human nature kicks in. Learn…
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#29 From Chaos to Order: Bounded Context Canvas Explained
For years, I struggled to effectively describe bounded contexts. It was a constant challenge in my work, and I experimented with various methods…
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#25 Besides Domain Understanding: Key Things Every Software Architect Should Know
A software architect's primary mission is to understand the domain and its challenges. Still, at some point you have to support your team choosing…
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#38 Step One of Evolutionary Architecture: Focus on Simplicity
Let's face it - overcomplicating things is in our DNA as developers. That is exactly why we need to fight it and keep things simple. Want to learn how…
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