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A Decade Later: Microservices After the Hype

A Decade Later: Microservices After the Hype

A few years ago I wrote a blog post titled “My take on microservices”. I cannot believe it has been almost a decade, nine years to be precise, since I published it. It is still accessible on my old blog via this link if you want to read it. My

May the 4th be with you, always!

May the 4th be with you, always!

This past week, as the mythical May 4th approached us, I was chatting about Star Wars with one of those lifelong friends you talk to from time to time but the bond feels as if we were still living next to each other. We were remembering how we used to

Chau BCG! Gracias... Totales!

Chau BCG! Gracias... Totales!

When a chapter finishes, another one starts. I'm here now to talk about the one I'm closing. Last Friday was my last day at BCG... When I joined BCG, it was out of boredom and an everlasting feeling that I was stuck, and I was. During

Naming REST API Resources the Right Way

Naming REST API Resources the Right Way

The two, often cited, most difficult things in Computer Science are cache invalidation and naming things. I'm afraid both are unavoidable when building web applications and APIs are also part of web applications. In this post we will focus on the later as resource names are not internal

A new hope for Venezuela?

A new hope for Venezuela?

As a Venezuelan living abroad, there are dates on the calendar that carry weight long after they pass. For many of us, April 11 is one of those dates. Whether you were impacted by what happened, lost someone or were injured in 2002, April 11th left deep scars in the

Identifying Resources from Requirements

Identifying Resources from Requirements

Resources do not come from databases, frameworks, or other existing ways of modeling data. They come from requirements. More specifically, they come from understanding what users want to do and what concepts they talk about when describing their needs and identifying the different roles. The best way, in my experience,

Introducing REST++

Introducing REST++

Abstract This document proposes REST++, an evolution of the Representational State Transfer architectural style, designed to address practical shortcomings observed in large-scale API implementations. REST++ preserves the general philosophy of resource-oriented communication while relaxing several constraints that have proven difficult to apply consistently in modern distributed high-performing systems. This document