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Engineering
The strangler fig pattern, in practice
Incremental migration sounds obvious until you have to route live traffic. Here is what it actually takes.
9 min read
Engineering
Postgres is probably enough
Before adding a fourth datastore, check what Postgres already does.
6 min read
Engineering
Choosing boring technology on purpose
Innovation tokens are finite. Spend them where they differentiate you.
5 min read
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