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Software Engineering

CI/CD pipelines, containerization, microservices design, API architecture, and DevOps best practices.

9 guides
01

How to Avoid Microservices Anti-Patterns: Architecture Decision Guide

Identify and fix the 8 most common microservices mistakes. Covers distributed monoliths, service granularity, data ownership, and when NOT to use microservices.

02

How to Implement API-First Architecture: Design, Versioning, and Testing

Build APIs that last. Covers OpenAPI spec design, versioning strategies, authentication patterns, rate limiting, and contract testing for enterprise APIs.

03

How to Manage Technical Debt: Assessment, Prioritization, and Paydown

Quantify and systematically reduce technical debt. Covers debt taxonomy, cost modeling, prioritization frameworks, and sprint allocation strategies.

04

How to Implement Observability: Traces, Metrics, and Logs at Scale

Build a production observability stack. Covers OpenTelemetry instrumentation, Prometheus metrics, distributed tracing, log aggregation, and alerting strategies.

05

How to Choose Your Tech Stack: A Decision Framework for Startups

Pick the right tech stack for your startup based on team size, product type, and scaling needs. Covers frontend, backend, database, and infrastructure choices.

06

How to Optimize Web Performance: Core Web Vitals and Beyond

Achieve sub-2-second load times and pass Core Web Vitals. Covers image optimization, lazy loading, code splitting, CDN strategy, and Lighthouse auditing.

07

How to Build vs Buy Software: A Decision Framework

Make rational build-vs-buy decisions. Covers total cost of ownership modeling, competitive advantage analysis, vendor evaluation, and hybrid strategies.

08

Low-Code vs Pro-Code: When to Use Each

Make the right development approach decision. Covers use cases, limitations, governance, and hybrid patterns for Power Platform, OutSystems, and traditional development.

09

How to Implement Event-Driven Architecture

Design and build event-driven systems. Covers event sourcing, CQRS, message brokers, saga patterns, idempotency, and common pitfalls.