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Engineering leader and AI architect with 13+ years of experience building scalable platforms and AI-powered systems. I write about Applied AI, Agentic AI, software architecture, cloud, DevOps, platform engineering, and the practical side of building reliable technology at scale.

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18/01/2023 13 min read

Python GIL Explained: Threads vs Processes

Run one benchmark and see the GIL for yourself: threads speed up waiting, processes speed up computing. Learn…
15/01/2023 11 min read

Rollback Strategies for Backend Systems: Blue-Green, Canary, and Database-Safe Reverts

Rollback Strategies for Backend Systems cover code, config, and data. Learn blue-green, canary, and when a database change…
15/01/2023 10 min read

JWT Rotation and Revocation: Secure Token Lifecycle in Distributed Systems

JWT Rotation and Revocation keeps distributed APIs safe after a key leak. Learn short lifetimes, key ids, denylists,…
12/01/2023 4 min read

Top Chrome Extensions For Developers

If you’re a developer working in Google Chrome, chances are you’ve already discovered the wealth of extensions available…
07/01/2023 9 min read

Streams API Part 1: map, filter, and forEach

Executive Summary: A Java stream is a one-use, lazy pipeline over a source such as a collection, array,…
27/12/2022 12 min read

Microservices Architecture: Trade-offs, Boundaries, and When Not to Use Them

Microservices architecture explained: service boundaries and bounded contexts, the microservices trade-offs in both directions, and honest guidance on…
18/12/2022 10 min read

Database Migrations at Scale: Zero-Downtime Schema Changes and Rollback Safety

Database Migrations at Scale need expand and contract steps. Learn how to change schemas with no downtime, keep…
13/12/2022 2 min read

Disable WordPress Core Sitemaps

Learn how to disable the WordPress core sitemap generator and why it might be beneficial for your website,…
10/12/2022 10 min read

Lambda Expressions and Functional Interfaces in Java

Executive Summary: A Java lambda implements the single abstract method of a functional interface. This post covers the…
07/12/2022 14 min read

Python asyncio Tutorial: async, await, and Tasks Explained

Learn how the event loop runs coroutines, how tasks and TaskGroup give you concurrency, and how to handle…
20/11/2022 10 min read

Dead Letter Queues: Designing Failure Handling for Reliable Messaging

Dead Letter Queues hold messages that fail after retries so you can inspect, replay, or drop them. Learn…
19/11/2022 9 min read

Creating Custom Exceptions and Best Practices

Executive Summary: Create a custom Java exception when a failure has domain meaning that callers need to handle…
09/11/2022 12 min read

What’s New in Python 3.11: Features, Speed, and Upgrade Notes

Python 3.11 is faster, points at the exact expression that failed, and adds exception groups, TaskGroup, and tomllib.…
25/10/2022 12 min read

Blue-Green vs Canary Deployment: Shipping Without Downtime

Blue green vs canary deployment decided: zero downtime deployment mechanics, the canary release strategy and its observation ramp,…