Why does your code look the way it does? What forces shaped that general utilities library everyone contributes to? How can platforms succeed by being invisible? When should teams make their own architectural decisions rather than wait for approval? And as multi-cloud becomes inevitable, how do we build systems that actually thrive across provider boundaries?…
Have you ever found yourself standing at a crossroads, trying to decide between RabbitMQ vs Kafka for your Microservices-based system? Have you ever wondered which of these messaging platforms is most suitable for your use case? RabbitMQ and Apache Kafka are well-known solutions in the asynchronous messaging domain, but despite popular belief, they aren’t one-size-fits-all…
Have you ever encountered double question marks (??) in JavaScript code and wondered what they were? Did someone tell you about the Nullish Coalescing Operator, and you didn’t know what it meant? Or were you just wondering when you can use this operator to make your code more readable? Well, wonder no more. You’re about…
Did you ever need to work with long strings in JavaScript? Did you feel the code looks like a mess, whatever you try? Well, you’re not alone. It’s time you learned the ropes. In this handy guide, you’ll discover four straightforward ways to create multiline strings in JavaScript. We’ll untangle the complexities, simplifying the process…
Are you a software engineer looking to enhance your expertise through insightful literature? Are you looking to skyrocket your skills and stand out from the crowd? As software engineers, we always strive to keep our heads above the water and learn the latest tech stack. But what if I told you that returning to the…
Are you a budding software engineer eager to make your mark, or perhaps a veteran looking to elevate your career to unprecedented heights? In the ever-evolving tech landscape, standing still is not an option. With over two decades of firsthand experience climbing the ranks from a fresh university graduate to holding esteemed positions such as…
Introduction The coronavirus pandemic has been with us for the past few months. Software conferences all over the world are either canceled, postponed, or moved online. I had three major conferences where I was supposed to speak, which got canceled. In addition to speaking at various conferences, I organized one major conference for the past…
Introduction This article describes how to build a custom URL shortener service using Azure’s serverless platform with Azure Functions and Cosmos DB. I had this idea after I recently read Jussi Roine’s article, where he built a URL shortener service (such as bit.ly) using a serverless Azure approach, an approach he led with Azure Logic Apps and a custom…
The Role of the CTO For the past several years, I served as the CTO of CodeValue, a software services company based in Israel. I always keep asking myself – what is the role of a CTO in a software services company? After all, in traditional software services companies, the “product” is the person. Customers pay…
The cloud is the modern platform which drives the entire industry forward and has the power to transform one’s career. Lately I had the privilege of speaking at an event about how developers and IT professionals can grow their career by getting more into cloud computing.
Unfamiliar Territories Recently I had to quickly understand and take over a customer’s .NET code base. This code base has a lot of history, and as such I was sure that time has taken its toll on it. My goal was to quickly understand the overall quality of the code as well as map areas…
The await keyword is a new keyword in C# 5.0 which, in tandem with async keyword, allows us to easily author methods which execute asynchronously in regards to the calling code. In previous posts I’ve shown certain issues you should look out for when using these keyword. In this post we’ll look at another issue…