• Don't be like Ebenezer Scrooge. A few words about workaholism - There is a cult of workaholism in our industry. Just like the guys from the gym brag about how much they pulled on the chest or did in the… [Event-Driven by Oskar Dudycz]

Permalink | From 26 December 2022 to 01 January 2023 | Last updated on: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 20:36:50 GMT

• Is your downstream data drifting? - In today's complex and fast-paced business environments, enterprises are often faced with the challenge of managing large amounts of data and ensuring that it is accurate, consistent, and accessible. One of the key pain points that many enterprises face is the loss of accuracy in your downstream data - the data that is passed from one system to another, often through a series of transformations and manipulations. As more and more enterprises adopt event-driven architectures, they are finding that their traditional databases are not well-suited to supporting these systems. In particular, many enterprises have lost control of their downstream data, and are struggling to maintain data quality and consistency. [Event Store blog]
• Explicit events serialisation in Event Sourcing - Events serialisation is an intriguing topic. On the one hand, it’s part of the campfire spooky tales, so (in)famous events versioning. On… [Event-Driven by Oskar Dudycz]

Permalink | From 19 December 2022 to 25 December 2022 | Last updated on: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:36:49 GMT

• What is Cloud Computing? According to ChatGPT. - DALL-E picture generated from the answer. I was curious, given all the ChatGPT love, what it would make of some of our favorite topics. I was both impressed and unimpressed. Impressed. ChatGPT instantly generated an response that might make a good answer in a Miss Universe contest. You know, the kind of answer delivered with a radiant smile calculated to offend no one yet still sounds comprehensive and deep. [High Scalability]
• The magic is that there is no magic. Or how to understand design patterns. - The magic is that there is no magic. Many patterns perceived as complicated appear to be simple or even simplistic under the cover. Take… [Event-Driven by Oskar Dudycz]
• Finding accounts to follow on Mastodon - My latest post on Exploring Mastodon looks at how I go about finding people to follow on a site without an algorithm that tries to pick posts for you. [Martin Fowler]

Permalink | From 12 December 2022 to 18 December 2022 | Last updated on: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 04:36:53 GMT

• 21.10.9 Release Notes - We are pleased to announce the official release of EventStoreDB OSS & Commercial version 21.10.9 LTS. This is an LTS release and will be supported until October 2023. Read more about our versioning strategy here. [Event Store blog]
• Share your story on Event Sourcing Live 2023 - Event Sourcing is a concept that helps to build the bridge between business and technical implementation. It’s a storage pattern that takes… [Event-Driven by Oskar Dudycz]
• The impact of a product delivery culture at Etsy - Tim Cochran completes his tale of how Etsy build a product delivery culture to help clear bottlenecks as they scaled. He discusses lean portfolio management, stronger product and engineering collaboration, and assess the impact of this initiative. [Martin Fowler]
• Installing Orbi Wifi Mesh broke my Sonos - I listen to my music using a wired set of Sonos One speakers. Last week I upgraded my wifi by installing a Netgear Orbi Wifi Mesh. After doing this my Sonos system no longer worked properly. After much hunting I managed to find the problem, and it was a simple fix. So I thought I'd share my story in case others run into a similar problem. [Martin Fowler]

Permalink | From 05 December 2022 to 11 December 2022 | Last updated on: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 20:36:50 GMT