For the uninitiated, A very brief introduction to platforms and ecosystems, before we dive into our main topic — I am going to use some examples from Andrew Chen’s The Cold Start Problem, a generalized definition for platforms and ecosystems, using Network effects. I highly recommend this book for engineering…

Immutable: unchanging over time or unable to be changed. Immutable Object: an object whose state cannot be modified after it is created As a software engineer — front-end or API developer, DevOps engineer, Data Engineer, or even a blockchain developer, you cannot avoid discussing ‘immutability’ with your System designers. Immutability…

Thank you for coming back to read Part 4. We discussed all the small nuances you need to account for in Part 3, the Math behind the 5–9’s platform in Part 2, and the context in Part 1. We will discuss interesting (and relatively easy to achieve) parts of building…

Thank you for coming back to read Part 3. We discussed the Math behind the 5–9’s platform in Part 2 and the context in Part 1. We will discuss some of the critical aspects of building and maintaining a 5-nines platform in this part of the series. We discussed the…

Thank you for coming back to read Part 2. We discussed the context and set up for the series in Part 1. We will discuss some of the theory and math behind 5-nines, what does it take on a paper to build one, the Achilles heel, and the laws of…

As engineers, we strive to build platforms that are available at all times. It is exciting to work on mission-critical platforms and solve system design issues that balance throughput, availability, and cost of keeping the lights on. The most pessimistic you are about the availability of infrastructure, your applications, and…

A constant debate regarding persistence layer, within engineering teams, when building a new product feature or a standalone service. Questions come up such as: Can my SQL layer handle the dynamic and flexible requirements? Will I end up building a Key-Value model? Should I use NoSQL or multi-model database? NoSQL…

Those who followed my Data Governance 101 6-part series, ask me a multitude of scope questions about how to set up their data governance programs. Several times, I get startling questions, sometimes naive, sometimes overthinking the application of various industry tools and methodologies. Given the lack of quality practitioners in…

As large enterprises move to the cloud, a multi-cloud strategy is defined anywhere from, each line of business can choose a cloud provider (e.g., CMO choosing GCP whereas CIO chooses AWS or Azure) to organizations ability for any given application to run in any cloud or on-premise. Very divergent and…