Archive - Dev Details

Binary search finds things fast

I wrote a small interactive book to teach binary search.

Aug 13 •

Design is about the abstractions

Abstractions simplify designs and tell us when to stop designing.

Aug 5 •

January 2024

Monoliths, microservices, and serverless aren't what you think they are

Jan 19 •

December 2023

Design context is more important than a detailed solution

We will never have enough information before implementation to be able to design a perfect solution. Inevitably, what we know will change as we…

Dec 10, 2023 •

October 2023

Do I still code?

I started writing Dev Details regularly at the beginning of the year. It seems like so long ago, though it hasn’t been that long at all. Since then…

Oct 7, 2023 •

September 2023

Career-ending advice

I post "career-ending" advice. People are taking it seriously.

Sep 29, 2023 •

Balancing delivery speed and high-quality code

When building out new features, how do you balance speed of delivery with implementing higher quality yet more time-consuming code?

Sep 22, 2023 •

August 2023

Roundup: Travel, career advice, microservices, and architecture principles

Posts from week 2 of August

Aug 14, 2023 •

Architecture Principles streamline development

Architecture Principles guide the development, design, and operation of software systems.

Aug 10, 2023 •

Architecture Principle Examples

Examples to inspire your own Architecture Principles

Aug 9, 2023 •

July 2023

Even if you’re unaware of patterns, you’re using them

Ignoring patterns is a great way to repeat past mistakes

Jul 22, 2023 •

Driving software design forward

The last person I'd let design is me, the Architect

Jul 20, 2023 •

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