CEO Guide to Engineering Centers of Excellence

Microservice Anti-Pattern: Data Fuse

This article is the fifth in a multi-part series on microservices (micro-services) anti-patterns. The introduction of the first article, Service Calls In Series, covers the benefits…

Marty Abbott

May 8, 2019 · 3 min read

Product

Why is launching an MVP so difficult?

Have you ever had that feeling of not knowing where to start? For writers, it’s called writer’s block. Painters call it blank-canvas syndrome. Entrepreneurs & technologist…

AKF

April 29, 2019 · 5 min read

Architecture Microservices

Microservice Anti-Pattern: Service Fuse

This article is the fourth in a multi-part series on microservices (micro-services) anti-patterns. The introduction of the first article, Service Calls In Series, covers the benefits…

Marty Abbott

April 27, 2019 · 2 min read

Leadership Process

Results and Outcomes – Why Companies Fail

Results = ResultsApple, Google, and Amazon don’t exist based on a Utopian promise of what is to come – though certainly those promises keep their customers engaged and hopeful…

Pete Ferguson

April 21, 2019 · 5 min read

Architecture Microservices

Microservice Anti-Pattern: Data Fan Out

This article is the third in a multi-part series on microservices (micro-services) anti-patterns. The introduction of the first article, Service Calls In Series, covers the benefits…

Marty Abbott

April 21, 2019 · 4 min read

Product

What is Latency and How Much Is It Costing You

Time it takes to boil an egg: 720,000 millisecondsAverage time in line at the supermarket: 240,000 millisecondsTime it takes to brush your teeth: 120,000 millisecondsTime it takes…

Eric Arrington

April 19, 2019 · 9 min read

Architecture Microservices

Microservice Anti-Pattern: Service Fan Out

This article is the second in a multi-part series on microservices (micro-services) anti-patterns. The introduction of the first article, Service Calls In Series, covers the benefits…

Marty Abbott

April 8, 2019 · 3 min read

Architecture Microservices

Microservice Anti-Pattern: Calls in Series (The Xmas Tree Light Anti-Pattern)

This article is the first in a multi-part series on microservices (micro-services) anti-patterns. There are several benefits to carving up very large applications into service-oriented…

Marty Abbott

March 25, 2019 · 4 min read

Architecture

The AKF Partners Session State Cube

Tim Berners-Lee and his colleagues at CERN, the IETF and the W3C consortium all understood the value of being stateless when they developed the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. Stateless…

Marty Abbott

March 19, 2019 · 6 min read

Organization

The Crippling Cost of Distractions

The Crippling Cost of DistractionsPerhaps the biggest thief of progress is the misuse of time. Not talking about laziness here – I’m referring to what we often see with our…

Pete Ferguson

March 19, 2019 · 5 min read

Architecture

Is the Co-location (colo) Industry Dying?

I’m no Nostradamus when it comes to predicting the future of technology, but some trends are just too blatantly obvious to ignore. Unfortunately, they are only easy to spot if…

Marty Abbott

March 15, 2019 · 6 min read

Security

5 Statements That Should Get CISOs Fired

Our typical assessment goes something like this: We spend 1.75 days with an energized product team comprised of engineers and product managers. We feel the passion and engagement…

Marty Abbott

March 6, 2019 · 5 min read

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Microservice Anti-Pattern: Data Fuse

Why is launching an MVP so difficult?

Microservice Anti-Pattern: Service Fuse

Results and Outcomes – Why Companies Fail

Microservice Anti-Pattern: Data Fan Out

What is Latency and How Much Is It Costing You

Microservice Anti-Pattern: Service Fan Out

Microservice Anti-Pattern: Calls in Series (The Xmas Tree Light Anti-Pattern)

The AKF Partners Session State Cube

The Crippling Cost of Distractions

Is the Co-location (colo) Industry Dying?

5 Statements That Should Get CISOs Fired

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