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Books

Foundations of scalable systems – book review

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Foundations of scalable systems written by Ian Gorton, the book with my highest rate of 5 ⭐️ I highly recommend that every software engineer grasps the distributed system principles outlined in this book.

Building evolutionary architectures – book review

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September this year is dedicated to reviewing software architecture books. This time, I’ve read Building Evolutionary Architectures written by Neal Ford. I appreciate the effort put into compiling this book. However, I found it to be more of a collection of existing books, articles and talks rather than offering new...

Fundamentals of software architecture – book review

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Recently I’ve read Fundamentals of Software Architecture written by Mark Richards and Neal Ford. I found this book valuable, even though my company doesn’t have a formal architect role. At Allegro, the most experienced senior software engineers take on the responsibilities of a software architect in addition to thei...

The Go programming language

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Go is a modern programming language designed at Google to improve developer productivity. But how to improve productivity? By limiting engineers’ power and flexibility 😂

Release It! – book review

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Recently I read excellent book Release It! written by Michael Nygard. The book is 7 years old and I don’t know how I could miss the book until now.

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DIY

Building your ultimate Homelab – network

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Welcome to the second part of my homelab blog series. In this installment, we’ll delve into the intricacies of network configuration for homelab setup. We’ll cover topics such as securely accessing your homelab from the internet using VPN mesh, organizing your local network with VLANs, and implementing ACLs for enha...

Crafting your own gravel bike

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Yet another blog post about building something from scratch, I thought as I stood in my workshop, surrounded by tools and anticipation. A familiar companion from my earlier adventures crafting a Hi-Fi stereo amplifier or tweaking hardware for my Homelab. This time, it was different, I was diving into the world of gr...

Building your ultimate Homelab – hardware

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Welcome, fellow tech enthusiast! If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably dreamed of having your own little corner of the digital universe—a place where wires hum, servers whir, and blinking LEDs create a symphony of possibilities. Well, my friend, you’re about to embark on an exciting adventure as we dive headfi...

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Conferences

Flink Forward 2024

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This week, I attended Flink Forward in Berlin, Germany. The event celebrated the 10th anniversary of Apache Flink. Below, you can find my overall impressions of the conference and notes from several interesting sessions. If an aspect was particularly appealing, I included a reference to supplementary materials.

Apache Beam Summit 2022

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Last week I virtually attended Apache Beam Summit 2022 held in Austin, Texas. The event concentrates around Apache Beam and the runners like Dataflow, Flink, Spark or Samza. Below you can find my overall impression of the conference and notes from several interesting sessions. If some aspect was particularly appeal...

Apache BigData Europe 2016

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Last week I attended Apache Big Data Europe held in Sevilla, Spain. The event concentrates around big data projects under Apache Foundation umbrella. Below you can find my overall impression on the conference and notes from several interesting sessions. The notes are presented as short checklists, if some aspect w...

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