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Feb 17

Sagas: the Search for Logical Consistency

Getting into the microservice architecture is a kind of rabbit hole; I think the deeper you get into microservices, the more likely you are to suggest monoliths…unless you’re a masochist. So you’ve reached the zenith of microservices: you’ve got a bunch of services that have incredibly specific responsibilities and are…

Microservices

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Sagas: the Search for Logical Consistency
Sagas: the Search for Logical Consistency
Microservices

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Feb 10

Data Consistency: the Don Quixote of Sagas

I had a kind of overall problem, and in developing microservices and applications in general, I heard about sagas a lot, and it sounded like it could be a solution to my problem. My problem was that I wanted to ensure data consistency, that when data was mutated, especially in…

Concurrency

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Data Consistency: the Don Quixote of Sagas
Data Consistency: the Don Quixote of Sagas
Concurrency

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Feb 3

Race Conditions: Threads Passing in the Night

Have you ever written some code that…didn’t’ quite work?…like it works MOST of the time, but every once in a while it stops working or fails under load in production, but you can’t recreate it. This could be the result of a race conditions which can occur once in a…

Race Condition

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Race Conditions: Threads Passing in the Night
Race Conditions: Threads Passing in the Night
Race Condition

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Jan 27

Virtual Serialization: when Two Threads Become One

Virtual Serialization is the idea that if two threads are dependent on each other, they can become one/serialized which has far reaching implications when it comes to performance, maintenance and readability. We may be asking ourselves…why don’t we just ensure that our code only uses one thread?…but then we may…

Concurrency

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Virtual Serialization: when Two Threads Become One
Virtual Serialization: when Two Threads Become One
Concurrency

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Dec 27, 2021

Generating a LabVIEW UI 4: Functional Prototype

LabVIEW, unlike other languages, draws non-traditional developers or rather people who aren’t developers at all, so when challenged to create a user interface, they may be starting from less than scratch: “I don’t even know how to begin to begin”. I think with this process, someone who is at least…

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Generating a LabVIEW UI 4: Functional Prototype
Generating a LabVIEW UI 4: Functional Prototype

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Dec 20, 2021

Generating a LabVIEW UI 3: Control Scheme

LabVIEW, unlike other languages, draws non-traditional developers or rather people who aren’t developers at all, so when challenged to create a user interface, they may be starting from less than scratch: “I don’t even know how to begin to begin”. I think with this process, someone who is at least…

Labview

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Generating a LabVIEW UI 3: Control Scheme
Generating a LabVIEW UI 3: Control Scheme
Labview

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Dec 13, 2021

Generating a LabVIEW UI 2: Color Scheme

LabVIEW, unlike other languages, draws non-traditional developers or rather people who aren’t developers at all, so when challenged to create a user interface, they may be starting from less than scratch: “I don’t even know how to begin to begin”. I think with this process, someone who is at least…

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Generating a LabVIEW UI 2: Color Scheme
Generating a LabVIEW UI 2: Color Scheme

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Dec 6, 2021

Generating a LabVIEW UI 1: Wireframes

LabVIEW, unlike other languages, draws non-traditional developers or rather people who aren’t developers at all, so when challenged to create a user interface, they may be starting from less than scratch: “I don’t even know how to begin to begin”. I think with this process, someone who is at least…

Labview

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Generating a LabVIEW UI 1: Wireframes
Generating a LabVIEW UI 1: Wireframes
Labview

4 min read


Jun 1, 2021

Introduction

I think it’s always important to set goals and intent before you start anything…and Fuck have I started writing. I’m an opinionated, passionate and…introspective person. I’ve got a way about learning things and I love writing about things I’ve learned. …

Introduction

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Introduction
Introduction
Introduction

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Antonio Alexander

Antonio Alexander

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My first love was always learning (and re-learning); hopefully I can share that love with you.

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