Architecture

With microservices all the rage over the past decade or so, there has been little attention paid to how to develop a Loosely Coupled Monolith. Both microservices and monoliths have their strengths and weaknesses. The intent of this blog and video series is not to debate the use of one or the other but rather to illustrate how you can develop a loosely coupled monolith. What the benefits come from a loosely coupled monolith and some of the drawbacks. Loosely Coupled Monolith This blog post is apart of a series of posts I’ve created around Loosely Coupled Monoliths. Solution &… Read More »Loosely Coupled Monolith

This question posted on Twitter (and the subsequent thread) caught my attention. I had to pipe in with my own opinion on having queries without repositories. To summarize, the question is about using Aggregate Roots with an ORM like Entity Framework. Should you eager load all navigation properties or alternatively I guess, use lazy loading? My answer is if you’re only using an aggregate root for commands (to change state) and you generally have a higher read to write ratio, then eager load the navigation properties. As a general rule of thumb. eShopOnWeb I recently heard about eShipOnWeb from Steve… Read More »CQRS: Refactoring Queries without Repositories

I’m excited to announce the Loosely Coupled Show, a new project I’m working on with James Hickey. Check out the YouTube Channel and subscribe! The premise is simple. To have discussions about software architecture and design. The target audience is intermediate to senior software developers. Episode #000 We recorded a quick video to kind of describe what the plan is for the show, check out our “first” episode for more about the show and us and our backgrounds. Loosely Coupled Show I’ve also posted a short video on my CodeOpinion YouTube channel to elaborate a bit more on the announcement,… Read More »Loosely Coupled Show: Software Architecture and Design