Link Dump #153

Last weekend of holidays is in front of us - make good use of it and read something really amazing :)

1. Software Architecture
   1. Terraform’s Future in Question: Challenges and Alternatives
      This article explores the potential headwinds facing Terraform, examining its current shortcomings and considering emerging alternatives.
   2. How to tame evil dependencies #PickOfTheWeek
      The most common problem with dealing with dependencies is that they are often ignored or simplified. This is why we need to look at dependencies holistically. If we’re to tackle ‘evil dependencies’ it’s vital that we bring together strategies and practices appropriately. In this post, the author explains how that can be done.
   3. Architecting microservices for fast, sustainable flow #PickOfTheWeek
      With careful design, a microservice architecture is able to satisfy the architectural requirements for fast, sustainable flow. Let’s look at the details starting with the biggest benefit of the microservice architecture: great evolvability.
2. Software Development
   1. How to make your event storming time-efficient and sustainable
      Become a master of time: set a sustainable pace, adapt your agenda on the go, and leverage breaks and the participant’s agenda constraints.
   2. Using event metadata in event-driven projections #PickOfTheWeek
      In the article, you will find information that will help you to leverage events' metadata to create required read model.
3. Clean Code
   1. Less Is More: Principles for Simple Comments #PickOfTheWeek
      A sea of code comments so long that you’d need a bathroom break just to read them all is not the best idea. Read the article and learn how to fix that problem.
4. Leadership
   1. Pattern Breakers
      The vision relies on past experiences and then finding patterns that are used to predict the future. However, successful breakthrough ideas require pattern-breaking —unconventional thinking.
5. Fun
1. Private Passwords
   
2. Always comment first
   
3. IsEmptyOrNullOrNullOrEmpty

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