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AI Is a Feature-Creep Machine Without a Curator

AI is very good at suggesting features.

Ask an AI model what is missing from your product, and it will usually give you a long list. Ask it how the product could be improved, and you will get another list. Continue the conversation, and the list will keep growing.

Scaling Microservices Part 8 - Adjusting Service Boundaries

In the previous parts of our series on scaling microservices, we explored various techniques to enhance system performance. In this final article, we'll discuss how adjusting service boundaries can help reduce bottlenecks and complexity.

Scaling Microservices Part 7 - Faster Reads With a Separate Read Model Using CQRS

Reading data can be slow in systems with complex domain models. Various solutions can help improve performance. In this article, we'll explore how Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) can optimize data retrieval.