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A note about eventual consistency - Part 2

August 29, 2025
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A note about eventual consistency - Part 1

August 8, 2025
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Thoughts on AI and software development - Part 5

July 18, 2025
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Thoughts on AI and software development - Part 4

June 27, 2025
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Thoughts on AI and software development - Part 3

June 6, 2025
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The importance of resilience engineering

What we can learn from the latest AWS outage

November 27, 2020 Uwe Friedrichsen

16 minute read

Antique staircase (seen in Vienna, Austria)

There was a bigger outage at AWS this week, and of course media coverage was big again. E.g., “Amazon Web Services outage hobbles businesses”, titles the Washington Post, just to name one.

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    • distributed systems
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The microservices fallacy - Part 3

Debunking the simplicity fallacy

November 20, 2020 Uwe Friedrichsen

14 minute read

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This post discusses the widespread fallacy that solutions become simpler with microservices.

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    • microservices
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The microservices fallacy - Part 2

Debunking the scalability fallacy

November 13, 2020 Uwe Friedrichsen

5 minute read

Cinnamon buns on a baking tray

This post discusses the widespread fallacy that microservices are needed to tackle scaling issues.

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    • microservices
    • fallacy
    • scalability

The microservices fallacy - Part 1

The origins and fallacies of microservices

November 6, 2020 Uwe Friedrichsen

6 minute read

Mushroom colony on the forest soil

This is a blog series discussing the fallacies of microservices. It complements a talk I have given.

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    • Architecture
    • microservices
    • fallacy
    • simplify

The value of speed

Why shorter IT lead times are inevitable

October 30, 2020 Uwe Friedrichsen

17 minute read

Shoes being on the beach

The speed of the IT value chain often is a topic in discussions I have with decision makers. The common theme is: The IT value chain is too slow. We need to deliver faster.

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    • Rethinking IT
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    • simplify
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Recent Posts

A note about eventual consistency - Part 2

August 29, 2025
Ducks in the surf

A note about eventual consistency - Part 1

August 8, 2025
Geese on a meadow

Thoughts on AI and software development - Part 5

July 18, 2025
(Humanized) animal sculptures

Thoughts on AI and software development - Part 4

June 27, 2025
Animals made from straw and bast exhibited on a table

Thoughts on AI and software development - Part 3

June 6, 2025
Black swan swimming on water
View more posts

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