The Update Loop

The three important lessons overlooked by critics of the Facebook principle "Move Fast and Break Things"

Expected Value, Dichotomy of Control, Good Things are Easy to Get, and Life is Short.

Common challenges and solutions when running stateful applications with load balancers.

How to limit users to a single client or browser instance of your web app.

How to safely update lists of data in DynamoDB

MVC is an influential design pattern that has left its mark on modern web development.

Reflecting on what I learned while building real-time APIs at Facebook.

I discuss the theory, implementation, and challenges of building GraphQL Subscriptions from scratch.

GraphQL and DDD are two popular concepts that are often used in isolation. I believe they make a powerful combination.