Adopting Event-Driven Architecture for Order Processing
Our synchronous order processing pipeline was becoming a bottleneck. Long-running operations blocked the checkout flow, and failures in downstream services caused cascading issues.
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I'm David, i modified my first beyblade back in 2001 and i'm still at it.
Every major decision is documented—because great engineers don't just build things, they explain why.
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View allChoosing TypeScript Over JavaScript for New Services
Our team was starting development on a new set of microservices. We needed to decide whether to use TypeScript or JavaScript for the codebase.
Problems I Enjoy Solving
How to scale systems without scaling complexity · When to choose consistency over availability · Making legacy codebases maintainable · Designing APIs that last · Building teams that ship · Turning technical debt into technical investment · Documenting decisions so future-you understands past-you
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