Multidatacenter Cassandra cluster with slow cross DC connection
I’d like to discuss a particular failure scenario for a multi datacenter Cassandra cluster. The setup to reproduce is following:
Bounded context in deployment tools
Recently I’ve been moving around the topic of a deployment. Imagine a situation you’re being given a set of scripts, or script like objects used to deploy a set of...
AzureDirectory - code review
The project AzureDirectory provides an Azure implementation of the Lucene.NET abstraction - Directory. It targets in providing ability to store Lucene index in the Azure storage services. The code can...
The missing 20% of configuration with Octopus Deploy
Recently I’ve been evaluating Octopus Deploy. I wanted to learn more about a platform which is quite unique for .NET environment. After getting through the features I wrote following tweet:...
Agile team analogy
Yesterday I’ve had a discussion about ability to introduce a Scrum-based development in a big organization. There was a question raised whether it’s possible to construct a cross-functional team and...
Your local user groups
Recently I’ve been deeply involved in Warsaw .NET User Group. What makes you a deeply involved you ask? I’d say that resolving current problems would be the answer that fits...
Code reviews
Recently, I’ve been involved in a discussion about code reviews. It made me remember a code review board that I introduced in one of my previous projects. Beside that I...
Simple Cassandra backups
Cassandra is one of the most interesting NoSQL databases which resolves plenty of complex problems with extremely simple solutions. They are not the easiest options, but can be deduced from...
Polyglot programming
Have you ever been in a situation when you’ve got not enough tooling in your preferred environment? What did you do back then? Did you use already known tools or...
Disruptor with MultiProducer
I hope you’re aware of the LMAX tool for fast in memory processing called disruptor. If not, it’s a must-see for nowadays architects. It’s nice to see your process eating...