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As a System Architect, I Wish I Had Learned This Sooner
In my 20-year career, one of my most valuable lessons wasn't about technical knowledge, but about understanding my own limits and the cost of saying 'yes'.
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Career development, work life, leadership and professional growth experiences.
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20 Years in IT. Here's What I Still Don't Know
With 20 years of experience in system architecture and operations, I'm still discovering and learning many things in the IT world. In this post, I'll share.
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Distributed Lock Alternatives: Which One to Use in Which Scenario?
Take a deep dive into the alternatives, use cases, and trade-offs of locking mechanisms in distributed systems.
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The True Value of an Idea: The Cost of Success and a Pragmatic
With 20 years of system architecture experience, Mustafa Erbay discusses the true value of an idea, the most expensive mistake in his career, and the pragmatic.
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Distributed Systems Idempotency Design: 3 Practical Ways
I explain the three practical idempotency strategies I use to prevent duplicate requests in distributed architectures, with production experiences and code.
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Is Software Engineering Dead?
A bold look at the current state of software engineering with 20 years of system architecture experience. With real experiences and a pragmatic approach...
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My Biggest Entrepreneurial Mistakes
In my 20 years of system architecture and software development experience, I've made some big entrepreneurial mistakes beyond just technical knowledge. Here.
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Writing Code Is Now The Easiest Part
With twenty years of experience, I explain how the real challenges in a software project extend far beyond writing code. The impact of people, processes, and.
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The Support Bill of Choosing an Offline-First Mobile Architecture
I analyze how adopting an offline-first architecture in mobile applications increases long-term support costs rather than just development efforts.
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Building a Product vs. Marketing It: Which is Harder? A 20-Year
In my career, I've learned that the difference in difficulty between building a great product and marketing it isn't what we often think. Here are my.
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Kernel CVE Response: 3 Priorities for Infrastructure Professionals
I analyze 3 steps infrastructure managers should prioritize when responding to critical kernel CVEs, based on field experience.
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Optimizing Supply Chain Data Flow: 3 Steps for ERP
A 3-step guide to optimizing supply chain data flow in manufacturing ERPs, covering database, transaction queues, and network segmentation.
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Commercial APMs: Why They Are Always Overkill for an Indie Hacker
Why commercial Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools are disproportionately costly, especially for solo developers and small teams...
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Kernel CVE Response Pattern: A Practical 3-Step Approach
Learn how to respond quickly and effectively to critical CVEs in the kernel with a practical 3-step approach.
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Why Network Certifications Are Insufficient for Your Career
I explore how far network certifications can actually carry you in your career, and why field experience and deep knowledge are much more critical.
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API Versioning Strategies: Simplicity or Flexibility in Application
I examine the balance between simplicity and flexibility when choosing among API versioning strategies, drawing from my own experiences. Which approach works.
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BurnCPU's First 100 Users: The Most Expensive Mistake of My Career
With 20 years of system architecture experience, I explain how the most expensive mistake of my career wasn't a line of code, but a 'yes'. A thought-provoking.
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VPN Dual-Stack: An Unnecessary Burden on Your Career
I analyze the complexities and operational costs of VPN dual-stack implementations based on my own experiences.
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Mobile App API Versioning: The Career Cost of Technical Debt
An in-depth guide to mobile application API versioning strategies, the impact of technical debt on careers and projects, and best practices.
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Drawing Technical Boundaries in Network Consulting in 3 Steps
I examine what happens when we don't define the boundaries of our work in infrastructure and network consulting, in 3 steps from L2/L3 layers to DNS.
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Prioritizing Monitoring and Alerting: My 3-Step Pragmatic Guide
Striking the right balance between monitoring and alerting in system and application operations has always been challenging. In this post, I'll explain my.
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How the BurnCPU Idea Came About: A Career Story
I'm sharing candidly how the 'BurnCPU' idea, one of the turning points in my career, was born, the problems I faced, and what it taught me.
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Why I Built My Own Social Network
One of the biggest decisions in my career was to build my own social network. I'm sharing why I embarked on this journey, my expectations, and what I learned.
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BGP Route Flap: The Cost of Stability in Scalable Networks
I explore BGP route flap issues, their impact on network stability, and how I've managed such incidents in my own operations, drawing from my experiences.