Architecture Weekly

On Messaging and Distributed Systems with Ian Cooper

Why do we still need to learn messaging? Why isn’t it a commodity yet? How to shape boundaries, and how data on the insight, and data on the outside can…

Oct 13 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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New Recording on Event modelling anti-patterns from DDDEU

Have you heard about Passive Aggressive Events or CRUD sourcing? Or maybe about the Clickbait event?If you don't, check the recording of my talk, as…

Oct 6 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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September 2025

Sneaky Code Bites Back

I was adding SQLite support to Pongo when I realised that I'm talking to myself, and what I heard was insane. I was trying to understand and recap what…

Sep 22 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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PostgreSQL partitioning, logical replication and other Q&A about PostgreSQL Superpowers

After getting tone of questions on the last week's webinar, I did Q&A on PostgreSQL superpowers! Check to learn more on PostgreSQL partitioning, logical…

Sep 15 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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Just use SQL they say... Or how accidental complexity piles on

“Just use SQL”, they say. “No need for ORMs”, they add. And they may be right, but… Let's look on how this can lead to accidental complexity piling on…

Sep 8 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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August 2025

My thoughts on Vertical Slices, CQRS, Semantic Diffusion and other fancy words

Vertical Slices in software architecture are pictured right now as the best thing since sliced bread. I won’t try to hide that, like it. I've written…

Aug 25 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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Compilers Aren't Just for Programming Languages

...but also for building Adaptive Streaming Pipelines. I wrote today on how building event-driven pipeline lead me to writing my own compiler. Oh well…

Aug 18 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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Requiem for a 10x Engineer Dream

People claim they get 10x productivity boosts with AI coding tools. After my recent experiments with Claude Code, I'm starting to think we're not using…

Aug 11 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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Why Open Source Isn't Always Fair. Dual licenses explained

The current Open Source model assumes symmetry between all users, but... When the OSI insists cloud providers deserve equal treatment to individual…

Aug 4 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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July 2025

Workflow Engine design proposal, tell me your thoughts

This week I want to tell you about the design proposal for the workflow engine. I want to provide the lightweight way to handle business processes in…

Jul 28 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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The Order of Things: Why You Can't Have Both Speed and Ordering in Distributed Systems

Ordering or performance, pick one wisely! Selecting both is impossible. At least in distributed systems, aiming to handle a bigger load. Why? We…

Jul 14 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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Dealing with Eventual Consistency, and Causal Consistency using Predictable Identifiers

Let's follow up today on fighting with eventual consistency, causal consistency and how predictable ids can help you with that. We'll take on my real…

Jul 7 • 

Oskar Dudycz

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