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By removing the constraint of atomicity for a transaction, we can break up a long lived transaction T into several transactions: \(T_{1},T_{2},T_{3},T_{n}\) In order to maintain consistency, we must also provide compensatory transactions for failure ...
Singletons are commonly used in Object Oriented Programming when we want to enforce that there is only ever a single instance of a class. This might be because we are trying to encapsulate some global state between processes. In this article I am goi...
If you've used frameworks like Rails, Django, or even Hasura, you are probably familiar with the concept of "up" migrations and "down" migrations. These might also be called forwards and backwards, or in flyway they are called "undo" migrations. For ...
If you've ever heard Greg Young talk about Event Sourcing (ES), or met one of its enthusiasts, you've probably never gone from "Huh?!" to "Holy S#%T!" faster in your life. And then promptly had an overwhelming sense of dread at the concept of actuall...
If you write functional code, you will encounter problems where a recursive algorithm is an appropriate solution. However, if you've come from an Object Oriented background or you are new to functional programming, you might struggle when it comes ti...
Teaching others to teach is the single most important thing a leader can do. In business, the organisation that learns the fastest, wins. In order to learn fast, we don’t just conduct experiments on customers. We have to disseminate knowledge amongst...
