Technology
What is MCP and Why Did It Become 2026's Most Important AI Standard?
Exploring the Microservice Communication Protocol (MCP) standard, which solves the incompatibility problem between AI models, using a USB-C analogy and my own.
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Career
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.
Technology
Monolith is Still Not Dead: Why I Returned from the Microservices
A bitter truth from 20 years of field experience for those who jumped on the microservices bandwagon and overcomplicated their systems: Monolith is not dead.
Tutorials
The Operational Overhead of Migrating from Monolith to Modular
I share my experiences with the operational challenges and costs encountered when migrating from a monolithic application to a modular structure.
Career
Monolith vs. Modular: Which of the 3 Architectures is Right for You?
Choosing a software architecture determines a project's fate. I'll share my experiences with the trade-offs between monolithic, modular monolith, and.
Career
Transitioning from Monolith to Modular: A Comparison of 3 Different
I delve into 3 different strategies you can use when transitioning from a monolithic to a modular architecture, examining their trade-offs and providing.
Career
Monolith vs. Microservices: Which is Better for Your CI/CD Pipeline?
Comparing the impact of Monolith and Microservices architectures on CI/CD processes, with practical experience. Deciding when to choose which.
Technology
Strangler Fig vs. Big Bang: 3 Reasons for Migrating to Modular
Exploring the technical risks, database strategies, and practical transition approaches of Strangler Fig and Big Bang when moving monolithic systems to modular.
Technology
I Defend the Monolith: Because I've Seen Production
While the microservices wind blows, my production experience shows why monolithic structures still hold value. A pragmatic perspective.
Technology
The Eventual Consistency Trap: The Mystery of the Lost Orders
A deep look at the risks the eventual consistency model brings to distributed systems, and how to prevent critical data loss like missing orders.
Technology
Service Mesh Sidecar Overhead: A Hidden Performance Tax
I dig into the hidden performance costs of the service mesh sidecar pattern — resource consumption, latency, and operational cost — and how to reason about…
Career
The Dark Side of Technology: The Unscalable API Gateway Wars
An in-depth guide to API gateway scaling problems, the complexity of system architecture, and how these wars affect your career.
Tutorials
Circuit Breaker Crisis in Production: The Fragility of Microservices
Misapplying or skipping the circuit breaker pattern in microservice architectures can cause serious crises in production environments. In this post…
Technology
Broadcast Storms in Virtual Networks: The Hidden Killer of…
Examine the causes and impact of broadcast storms that can erupt inside virtual networks of microservice architectures, and learn how to prevent this…
Career
Hidden API Gateway Limits: Unexpected Bottlenecks in Production
How do hidden API Gateway limits cause unexpected issues in production? In this article, we explore strategies and practical solutions to prevent these.
Career
Hidden Performance Issues in the Shadow of Service Mesh: For Your…
Beyond the advantages Service Mesh offers, the often-overlooked performance costs and how they reflect on a software engineer's career…
Technology
Hidden Network Dependencies: The Anatomy of Silent Production Failures
Discover the hidden network dependencies that quietly bring production systems down. This article walks through the causes, symptoms, and prevention…
Technology
Distributed Tracing Issues in Critical Systems: The Anatomy of…
Take a deep dive on Mustafa Erbay's blog into the complexity of distributed tracing in critical systems and the invisible errors that come with it…