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Monoliths, microservices, and serverless aren't what you think they are
Or are they?
 • Mike
LeetCode-style algorithms in interviews suck. Cut it out.
Interviews that focus on algorithms get false signals and overlook qualified candidates
 • Mike
Design is about the abstractions
Abstractions simplify designs and tell us when to stop designing.
 • Mike
Architecture Principle Examples
Examples to inspire your own Architecture Principles
 • Mike
Architecture Principles streamline development
Architecture Principles guide the development, design, and operation of software systems.
 • Mike
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…
 • Mike
Binary search finds things fast
I wrote a small interactive book to teach binary search.
 • Mike
A practical example of using AI for coding
An end-to-end walkthrough of designing, developing, and testing a simple application with the help of AI.
 • Mike
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?
 • Mike
Career-ending advice
I post "career-ending" advice. People are taking it seriously.
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Autonomy for Software Architecture Design
Top-down architecture crawls predictability. Bottom-up architecture dashes erratically. Neither scales. Autonomy is critical to scaling an engineering…
 • Mike
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…
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