Book Review: Monolith to Microservices (Part 1)
Do we need to do all modern development via the microservices architecture? Is it the norm, the new standard? This book argues differently.
Microservices
5 More Reasons to Choose Apache Pulsar Over Apache Kafka
Author’s note: I originally published this blog post in 2019, while I was CEO of Kesque, a real-time messaging service built on Apache …
Bring Streaming to Apache Cassandra with Apache Pulsar
How can you stream from Pulsar to Apache Cassandra, the powerful NoSQL database designed to support data-heavy applications in the cloud?
Journeys in Java, Level 4: Building an Empire of Microservices
Welcome to the fourth iteration in a series about building microservices in Java. Learn how microservices work from the ground up in Java!
Chopping the Monolith: Foojay.io Today
In this article, I highlight that microservices, as presented at conferences, are doomed to fail in most organizations.
Full Stream Ahead: Astra Streaming, Powered by Apache Pulsar
Astra Streaming is a scalable highly performant event streaming cloud messaging platform for data in motion in modern data applications.
Journeys in Java, Level 3: Building an Empire of Microservices
Let’s continue our journey to learn microservice. Today we will learn to use a full-fledged MongoDB database running in a Docker container.
The Serverless Database You Really Want
This article argues how Apache Cassandra is the Serverless database that is open and free as in freedom in the modern cloud era.
Why Pulsar Beats Kafka for a Scalable, Distributed Data Architecture
This article argues why Apache Pulser is better than Apache Kafka when it comes to using cloud and microservices and how it fits the …
OSS Debugging Toolkits for Kubernetes
New OSS approach for debugging live applications - right from inside your IDE or terminal window, and without stopping the live application.