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Web-Queue-Worker Architecture Style for Scaling

Web-Queue-Worker is an excellent architecture pattern you can add to your toolbox. It’s just a pattern and can work with a monolith, modular monolith, microservices, or whatever. It provides many benefits for scaling by moving work into the background and if you have long-running jobs, workflows, or even recurring batch jobs. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Flow Here’s the flow of the Web-Queue-Worker pattern in its simplest form. We have a client make a request to our HTTP API (Web), which generates a… Read More »Web-Queue-Worker Architecture Style for Scaling

Keep your project structure simple!

What should your project structure look like? How should you structure and organize your HTTP APIs? Here’s one way by Jono Williams and my thoughts and insights about some misconceptions about Domain Driven Design. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Typical Structures There are a few common folder structures that people typically use. Probably the most common is organizing by technical concerns. This means grouping files and classes based on their type, such as controllers, services, and models. You’ve likely encountered this if you’ve… Read More »Keep your project structure simple!

Debunking Kafka Top 5 Use Cases

Infographics are easy and quick to look at and they are posted everywhere. But are they actually correct? Not really. Here’s an example of the “Top 5 use cases for Kafka” that aren’t actually valid use-cases at all. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Kafka Gone Wrong LinkedIn is full of shiny animated infographics, and I came across one about “Top 5 Use Cases for Kafka”. While some of these use cases make sense with Kafka, others, particularly message queuing, change data capture, and… Read More »Debunking Kafka Top 5 Use Cases