TAO - Facebook’s Distributed Data Store for the Social Graph
Explore Facebook's TAO, a distributed data store designed for efficient social graph access. Learn about its architecture, API, and how it handles billions of reads and millions of writes per second.
Principles of Elegance
Exploring Scala's unique "elegance zone" where expressive syntax meets type safety. Learn to design APIs and write code that's both intuitive and robust, with real-world examples from Rapture libraries.
Designing APIs - Less Data is More
Learn to design minimal, efficient APIs that meet consumer needs without unnecessary complexity or overhead.
How to Build Your Own PaaS from the Cloud Native Landscape
Learn to build a custom PaaS using cloud-native tools, focusing on Crossplane. Explore architecture, platform APIs, composition, and continuous deployments with a practical demonstration.
The Hypermedia API
Explore hypermedia API design, from architectural styles to resource identification, HTTP verbs, and various hypermedia formats. Learn to create self-explanatory, interoperable APIs with effective documentation.
Your API is a UI
Explore UX principles for API design, focusing on usability, consistency, and user-centric approaches to create more effective and developer-friendly interfaces.
Introduction to GraphQL
Explore GraphQL's power for API design and consumption, learning its advantages over REST and how to create and use GraphQL APIs in PHP.
Zero to API with Lumen
Learn to build efficient APIs using PHP and Laravel's Lumen framework. Covers API design best practices, microservices, REST principles, and practical implementation steps for creating maintainable and user-friendly APIs.
Common Pitfalls in Microservice Integration and How to Avoid Them
Explore common pitfalls in microservice integration, including failure handling, asynchronicity, and distributed transactions. Learn strategies to overcome these challenges and build resilient systems.
Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Building Android Libraries Vol 2
Explore advanced techniques for building scalable Android libraries, including best practices, architecture components, lifecycle awareness, Kotlin integration, and API design for developer satisfaction.
REST Beyond the Obvious - API Design for Ever Evolving Systems
Explore API design for evolving systems, focusing on REST principles, architectural context, and strategies for creating flexible, durable APIs that can adapt without breaking clients.
10 Reasons Why We Love Some APIs and Why We Hate Some Others
Explore the characteristics of user-friendly APIs vs. inconvenient ones through patterns and anti-patterns, comparing successful and less successful examples in the market.
The 7 Deadly Sins of API Design
Explore common API design pitfalls and best practices to create effective, user-friendly APIs. Learn from real-world examples and interactive discussions on avoiding "evil" designs.
10 Reasons Why We Love Some APIs and Why We Hate Some Others
Explore the characteristics of user-friendly APIs vs. inconvenient ones through patterns and anti-patterns, comparing successful and less successful examples in the market.
Interaction Protocols - It's All About Good Manners
Exploring protocols in distributed systems: their history, application, and impact on performance, resilience, and security. Insights on effective communication and coordination in concurrent environments.
Redefining PaaS
Explore building and deploying microservice architectures without platform management overhead. Learn about Google App Engine's evolution and features for modern application development.
Javaslang - Functional Java Done Right
Explore Javaslang's functional programming features, including persistent data types and immutable collections, to enhance Java 8's lambda capabilities and create more robust, efficient code.
Modular Development with JDK 9
Comprehensive exploration of Java Platform Module System in JDK 9, covering basic concepts, module development, migration strategies, and API design. Ideal for developers seeking to leverage modular architecture.
Javaslang - Functional Java Done Right
Explore Javaslang's functional programming features, including persistent data types, immutable collections, and control structures, to enhance Java 8's lambda capabilities and create more robust APIs.
Using Sagas to Maintain Data Consistency in a Microservice Architecture
Explore sagas as an alternative to distributed transactions in microservices, covering benefits, drawbacks, design principles, and implementation strategies for maintaining data consistency.
Consumer Driven Contracts and Your Microservice Architecture
Explore consumer-driven contracts for microservices using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud Contract. Learn to create user-friendly APIs, automate testing, and improve software quality.