The Power of OpenAPI: Simplifying API Design and Documentation
A comprehensive guide to designing, documenting, and validating APIs using the OpenAPI specification.
Posts tagged architecture
Tips for Comparing Code Libraries
A structured approach to evaluating and comparing external code libraries using a comparison matrix of key properties.
Data Types and Data Structures
A high-level overview of scalar, composite, and abstract data types along with common data structures like arrays, linked lists, trees, and hash tables.
Python Code Design and Dependency Management
Python development practices for 2019 including type hints, static analysis with mypy, interfaces, and dependency management.
Interview Techniques
How to conduct architecture interviews effectively, why whiteboard interviews are not inherently bad, and what to look for in candidates.
Thinking about Interfaces in Go
A practical guide to designing flexible Go code using interfaces, dependency injection, and programming to abstractions.
Multigrain Services
Defining the spectrum from monolith to nano services and when each granularity of service architecture is appropriate.
Engineering and Tech Recommended Reading List
A curated list of recommended books covering programming, architecture, testing, management, and communication.
NSQ Queue Reader Best Practices
Practical guidelines for building performant and reliable NSQ queue reader services in Python.
Designing for Simplicity
Lessons from building high-traffic systems at BBC News on complexity, caching, automation, and keeping software simple.
Thread Safe Concurrency
An exploration of shared memory vs message passing concurrency models including threads, locks, actors, and CSP.
Refactoring Techniques
A summarised reference of commonly used refactoring techniques distilled from Fowler and Beck's Refactoring books.
MVCP: Model, View, Controller, Presenter
A breakdown of the MVC pattern and its evolution into MVCP with a dedicated Presenter layer for cleaner separation of concerns.
Clean Coder
Key takeaways from Robert C. Martin's Clean Coder on professionalism, responsibility, testing, and time management.
Message Passing in Object Oriented Code
How thinking in terms of messages rather than method calls improves OO design, illustrated with Ruby's Proxy pattern.
Object Oriented Design
Distilled principles of good OO design from Sandi Metz covering dependencies, interfaces, duck typing, and inheritance.