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Trust Is the Architecture (Part 1)

Mar 4 · 6 min read · Over the past few years, I have written about serverless from a technical perspective, covering topics like latency, multi-region setups, and complex scenarios. That is all important, but this time I

Building long-running usage reports on AWS

Feb 24 · 18 min read · In this post, I will discuss how to generate a report that could take a long time, and I will use 2 different implementations to see the differences. Implementation A: AWS Step Functions (Standard wo

When (Not If) Containers Misbehave

Sep 17, 2025 · 10 min read · In my previous article, Fargate + Lambda are better together, I introduced the concept of a hybrid architecture where I can route traffic between ECS Fargate and Lambda based on real-time conditions. The most common argument I know about is: Why not...

Fargate + Lambda are better together

Sep 3, 2025 · 5 min read · After many years working with Serverless at a certain scale, I am starting to wonder about some things. I have been fortunate enough to attend numerous conferences where I have learned about the great potential of serverless computing and the various...

Adaptive Compression for Cache Systems with Hexagonal Architecture

Apr 16, 2025 · 10 min read · Any API at some significant scale adopts some form of caching for optimisation by reducing database load and speeding up response times. However, as applications scale, the size and variety of cached data can have some challenges: Large objects cons...