Does Conway's Law have a dark side?
Conway’s Shackles?
Category: Coding
Testing Times
A dive into the many different ways developers can and should test.
A Refreshing Change
Data refreshes are not the answer.
Where Patterns go to Die
An essay on why software patterns become anti-patterns and how to avoid pattern rot.
Don’t Stream JSON Data (Part 2)
I've discussed the merits of JSON streaming in two prior posts: Large JSON Responses and Don’t Stream JSON Data, if you haven't read these yet then take a quick look first, they're not long reads. I'm attracted to the highly scalable proposition of scaling out the consumer, so many requests can be made individually rather than returning a … Continue reading Don’t Stream JSON Data (Part 2)
Don’t Stream JSON Data
I recently published a post about how to stream large JSON payloads from a webservice using a chunked response, before reading this post it's probably best to read that post here. Streaming is a fantastic method of sending large amounts of data with only a small memory overhead on the server, but for JSON data … Continue reading Don’t Stream JSON Data
Large JSON Responses
The long slog from a 15 year old legacy monolith system to an agile, microservice based system will almost inevitably include throwing some API's in front of a big old database. Building a cleaner view of the domain allows for some cleaner lines to be drawn between concerns, each with their own service. But inside … Continue reading Large JSON Responses
