Link Dump #213

I know I do not have to convince you to read but remember that reading improves your focus and memory :)

1. Software Architecture
   1. Core, Supporting, Generic – How to Stop Treating All Domains the Same #PickOfTheWeek
      Most of the time, we talk about domains as if they were all the same. But they’re not — some drive your business forward, others just keep it running. In this article, we’ll look at how to spot which domains deserve your time, attention, and money — and which ones you can safely buy off the shelf.
   2. Functional Choreography for Microservices: From Theory to Practice
      Is your microservices workflow a distributed monolith? This article contrasts rigid orchestration with flexible choreography, where services react to events instead of receiving direct orders.
   3. Emerging Patterns in Large-Scale Event-Driven AI Systems
      Build scalable AI event pipelines with Kafka to enable continuous learning systems that perceive, reason, and act in real time.
2. Software Development
   1. 7 Proven Benefits of DevOps Implementation in Modern Software Development
      Discover how automation and continuous testing ensure updates are deployed faster, more frequently, and with rock-solid reliability.
   2. Agentic AI and Security #PickOfTheWeek
      Agentic AI systems have an existential security problem. This article explains the fundamental flaw: LLMs cannot reliably separate content from instructions. Learn practical mitigation strategies, like sandboxing agents and avoiding credentials in files, to eliminate at least one factor.
   3. 5 rules to avoid the 95% AI project failure rate #PickOfTheWeek
      MIT research shows 95% of corporate AI pilots fail. The problem isn't the technology—it's transformation. In the article, you can find the 5 non-negotiables every C-suite needs to master for AI success.
3. Testing
   1. Contract Testing Microservices with Pact: Ensuring Safe Deployments Across Teams
      Stop spending money on flaky end-to-end tests. This article shows teams how to use Pact to shift validation left. Understand the process of publishing consumer-generated contracts to a Pact Broker and how it provides a single source of truth for integration testing in distributed systems.
4. Leadership
   1. 7 Quotes—7 Lessons
      Discover the hard lessons behind the humor, such as the need to check manager turnover before signing up and the danger of ignoring jerkholes, even if they are top performers.