Book: Building Event-Driven Microservices
Microservices are more than just synchronous calls
Building Event-Driven Microservices by Adam Bellemare is a book that provides practical insights into microservices and event-driven systems.
Entity–Attribute–Value Model: An Antipattern?
Great idea that works great until it doesn't.
...EAV gives you enough rope to hang yourself and in this industry, things should be designed to the lowest level of complexity because the guy replacing you on the project will likely be an idiot.
Tarpit Ideas - A Personal Experience
Why do dumb ideas so often look great for amateurs?
In the context of a startup, a tarpit idea refers to concepts that, on the surface, look great but, after deeper exploration, are revealed to be problematic, difficult to create, and unprofitable.