System Architecture

Last week, I wrote about putting the right feature at the right place. I used rate limiting as an example, moving it from a library inside the application to the API Gateway. Today, I’ll use another example: authentication and authorization. Securing a Spring Boot application I’ll keep using Spring Boot in the following because I’m familiar with it. The Spring Boot application offers a REST endpoint to check employees' salaries. The specific use case is taken from the Open

This article introduces how to build an event-driven architecture in Serverless computing.

Today I want to speak about – Python’s Quest for Simplicity. Specifically around Python tooling, where we will look at the past, present, and future of a typical Python project. Past First, let's step back in time (a few years) and look at a traditional Python project ... This looks pretty

After having looked into the ways events are processed inside individual actors, it is time to try combining several actors (or splitting…

Which components should be decentralized, and to what extent?

The Open-Closed Principle can be a challenging concept to grasp, but I’ve found it to be easier to understand when utilizing another…

A weekend project coming to life

Microservices architecture is game changing, allowing development teams to work independently and at cloud native scale.

What exactly is a platform? Is it an internal developer platform, a developer self-service portal or simply a developer onboarding tool?

Keeping billions of items up to date requires a reliable write-heavy inventory platform. Learn how we built this system with Cockroach DB

This is a guest article by NK . You can view the original article Consistent hashing explain...

We start with the simplest IDP-based RBAC, and culminate in a combination of group-based RBAC with fine-grained permissions and fine-grained resources.

Scaling is one of the hardest tasks to accomplish with a database. This article explains how scaling works, under the hood.

With increased focus placed on user data protection and the introduction of privacy laws or data protection regulations such as GDPR…

Intro This is my opinionated list of four approaches to building websites and web applications. Publicly hosted on the internet, serving HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, etc over HTTP. #1: Hugo Static Sites + Progressive Web Apps Static websites are boring. Vendors rarely talk about them because the margins are miniscule compared to flashy, compute-heavy services. It is seen as a table stakes offering. Though they have received more attention during the “JAM Stack” trend, my position is that they are still underappreciated and underutilized.

There are so many tutorials out there that add API_KEY to code. And some other people now use their keys. Don't do that again. 📢 Do this instead 👇 const API_NAME = "myAPI"; const API_KEY = prompt ("Enter your API_KEY:"); This gives you the chance ...

We are fascinated by the disruption underway in mobile applications. Carriers seem to have lost their role as gatekeepers for applications as smartphone

Rock solid weather API infrastructure for Planet Earth.

A short overview of Passkeys, and how to use them to secure your infrastructure with Teleport.

We’re all-in on passkeys, and we’re starting with 1Password.

Hello there! Welcome to the world of Amplication. My name is Michael; people refer to me as Amplication's Developer Advocate. Today, I want to show you how t...

Reliable & scalable multimedia streaming framework for Elixir

A blog post that presents an architecture for enforcing access control policies in a cloud storage system.

A comprehensive guide to WunderGraph, with a focus on its new TypeScript Operations feature — async resolvers for data fetching, with…

Learn more about wireless technology and artificial intelligence in the latest installment of Extreme's tech experts talking to ChatGPT!

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