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How living documentation and user stories acceptance tests can bring project documentation benefits?
In the software development community, it is a known fact that keeping documentation up to date according to the project requirements is something that needs team discipline. In different scenarios, it is possible to take advantage of a TDD/BDD approach and CI/CD pipeline artifacts to reach the goal of keeping software documentation according to the project deliverables. [...]
Evolution of a high-performance system: from synchronous to seamless scalability
This article discusses the transformation of a synchronous process in the context of lastminute.com's customer journey for travel planning. The existing system was complex and resource-intensive due to its all-in-one nature, causing scaling and deployment challenges. The article presents the evolved system that separates responsibilities into microservices using message-driven communication. [...]
Lambda Integration with MSK and KrakenD
API Gateways can be a simple way to expose asynchronous communication without revealing too many details about it but, is not always an easy task to implement. In this post, I explore a way to expose Kafka topics in a well-known API Gateway (KrakenD) while circumventing multiple limitations. [...]
Where could I start if I want to improve my code?
To me, it is not an easy question, especially when working with less experienced developers. There are so many thoughts and considerations I want to share with them! Too many, actually, to be shared all together. So...what should I focus on in the beginning? Here is my personal reflection after many years spent writing, reviewing, discussing and re-writing code. [...]
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