Process
Why Code Reviews Save Money and Time
Software engineers have likely heard of the studies that show how the cost of a defect increases by an order of magnitude for each successive phase. If you…
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Architecture
Ambassador Pattern: Description and Advice on Usage
Relationship to Sidecar and Sidecar Overview The Ambassador pattern is a special case of the sidecar pattern. As such, it maintains most of the description,…
Organization
Adaptive product teams: Beware the one-size- fits-all approach
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Architecture
Faster Time to Market – How to Avoid Overengineering (Rule 1)
Have you ever wondered how to achieve a faster time to market (TTM) for your product teams? Do you have a straightforward task, a personal project, or a team…
Organization
Four Types of Organization Cancer
I’m a cancer survivor. Not the kind of biological cancer that took both my grandfathers and has affected many of my friends and family, but the evil and…
Architecture
Microservice vs Monolith...that is the Question
There seems to be a growing movement online fighting against microservices. The movement itself shouldn’t alarm anyone, such backlash is common with the…
Architecture
AKF CTO Bootcamp and Architect Workshops in Scottsdale
AKF Partners Workshops in Scottsdale AKF Partners will offer two different workshops in our Scottsdale office later this year. The first is our CTO Bootcamp, a…
Leadership
Effective Team Communications – Speak with Precision and Accuracy (and Avoid Mouth Turds)
There are many reasons why startups represent the vast majority (virtually all) of the disruptive innovation in the US specifically and the world broadly. The…
Architecture
AKF Availability Cube
The AKF Availability Cube is a model to guide discussions on how to achieve high availability, as well as a tool to evaluate the theoretical "as designed"…
Organization
AKF Partners Announces European Expansion
AKF Partners started its life nearly 13 years ago with a focus, passion and construction unlike any other consulting firm.
Architecture
Backend for Frontend (BFF) Pattern: The Dos and Don’ts of the BFF Pattern
Backend for Frontend Overview In the Backend for Frontend pattern, a service (“the backend”) serves as a termination point for a requesting interface (“the…
Process
The Best Definition of Done for Agile
Many of our clients struggle with ensuring that the solutions they create meet the needs of both their business and their customers. The exact symptoms of the…