Week 31, year 2023
- Bottlenecks of Scaleups: Cost Efficiency - As startups begin to grow rapidly, they often find that early decisions that helped them find a product/market fit lead to excessive costs once traffic increases. These costs can threaten a scaleup's ability to grow. Sofia Tania and Stefania Stefansdottir have worked with many scaleups in this predicament and share their approach to understanding and reducing these costs. [Martin Fowler]
- Embracing the Tech Community: Event Store's Impact at MSCC 2023 - The Mauritius Developer's Conference, held from July 20-22, proved to be an unforgettable gathering, attracting a record-breaking attendance of 1500 tech enthusiasts, industry experts, and aspiring developers. Event Store made its mark by actively engaging with attendees, sharing valuable insights on event sourcing and potential career opportunities. In this blog post, we will highlight the key moments that made Event Store's presence at the conference a notable success, showcasing our commitment to driving innovation and fostering valuable connections within the tech community. [Event Store blog]
- Exploring Gen AI: When is in-line assistance useful? - The most widely used form of coding assistance in Thoughtworks at the moment is in-line code generation in the IDE, where an IDE extension generates suggestions for the developer as they are typing. Birgitta Böckeler looks at the factors that impact the usefulness of these suggestions, indicating where they lead to safe waters, and the rocks that we need to look out for. [Martin Fowler]
- Did you know that EventStoreDB has a Visualize tab? [Event Store blog]
- A case study of getting out of the costs bottleneck - Sofia and Stefania begin their examination of how to get out of the bottleneck of surging cloud costs by relating a case study from a recent client - illustrating how the cost control can be separated into reduce and sustain phases. [Martin Fowler]
- Event sourcing is not scary - Introduction Using the wrong tools can bite you. I remember trying to drill holes in the ceiling for a light fixture using a simple cordless drill. It always took too long, and I sometimes needed the help of a hammer to finish the job. Everything changed when I got a hammer drill, making it much more manageable. But I’ll never forget the time I needed to drill a hole in a wall and didn’t check what kind of wall it was. Suddenly, I had an enormous hole in the wall from using the hammer drill. Using the proper tool for the job is vital if you want good results. [AxonIQ Blog]
- Exploring Gen AI: how can in-line assistance get in the way? - While coding assistants like Copilot can improve speed and flow, they can also disrupt it. Birgitta Böckeler looks at two ways in which they can get in the way: amplifying bad or outdated practices, and review fatigue. [Martin Fowler]
- A simple way to configure integration tests pipeline - Continuing an effort to explain DevOps scenarios, today I’d like to show you a simple way to set up integration tests that I’m using in my… [Event-Driven by Oskar Dudycz]
- Application Architecture as Code - Cloud automation isn't just about infrastructure anymore. This also affects automation language design. [The Architect Elevator]
- Did you know that EventStoreDB has a Visualize tab? [Event Store blog]
- Embracing the Tech Community: Event Store's Impact at MSCC 2023 - The Mauritius Developer's Conference, held from July 20-22, proved to be an unforgettable gathering, attracting a record-breaking attendance of 1500 tech enthusiasts, industry experts, and aspiring developers. Event Store made its mark by actively engaging with attendees, sharing valuable insights on event sourcing and potential career opportunities. In this blog post, we will highlight the key moments that made Event Store's presence at the conference a notable success, showcasing our commitment to driving innovation and fostering valuable connections within the tech community. [Event Store blog]
- Bottlenecks of Scaleups #04: Cost Efficiency - As startups begin to grow rapidly, they often find that early decisions that helped them find a product/market fit lead to excessive costs once traffic increases. These costs can threaten a scaleup's ability to grow. Sofia Tania and Stefania Stefansdottir have worked with many scaleups in this predicament and share their approach to understanding and reducing these costs. [Martin Fowler]