The Legacy System Trap: Why “If It Ain’t Broke” is a Security Risk
There is a strange comfort in legacy systems.
You know the quirks. The workarounds. The way a batch job limps through at 2am, just a...
Solution Architecture: Choosing Which Patterns to Ignore
Most organisations I speak with still look for a “best practice” playbook when it comes to architecture.
There isn’t one.
Every a...
Demystifying the Cloud: An Introduction to Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has become the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, as of today (3rd Sept, 2023) AW...
Database Comparison : H2, HSQLDB, DERBY, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Few days back I posted the comparison table which describes the various features/characteristcs of different free or open source databa...
Architecture Diagrams: Trust, or Just a Comfortable Lie?
Most architecture diagrams tell a comforting lie.
They make everything look neat, rational, and future-proof.But the reality inside ...
Enterprise Service Bus Vs Hub-and-Spoke
The nature of the ESB is distributed; ESB is more scalable than the hub-and-spoke architecture. With ESB the ability to deploy separate...
Bank-Grade Cloud: Architecture Under Stress
Most cloud roadmaps look tidy on paper.
Pick the right services, stack them neatly, tick the boxes for networking, compute, storage,...
