architecture How Instagram-Style Feeds Work: Fan-Out on Write vs. Fan-Out on Read josedacruz, August 2, 2026August 2, 2026 Imagine you’re on the backend team at a small photo-sharing app called Snapstream. Every user has a home feed: a scrolling list of photos from the people they follow, newest first. For your first 10,000 users, this is easy. For your next 10 million, it turns into one of the… Continue Reading
Learning Spring Boot from Zero to Cloud: Part 10 – Spring configuration josedacruz, March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 Continue Reading
PaaS – Platform as a Service josedacruz, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is a cloud computing model where a third-party provider offers a platform that its customers can use to develop, run, and manage their apps. Continue Reading
SaaS – Software as a Service josedacruz, January 7, 2024January 7, 2024 is a cloud-based software model where users can access the software using a browser. Continue Reading
X-aaS – how many josedacruz, December 5, 2023 X-aaS – How Many? SaaS – Software as a Service PaaS – Platform as a Service IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service AaaS – Analytics as a Service DaaS – Desktop as a Service FaaS – Functions as a Service STaaS – Storage as a Service CaaS – Containers as… Continue Reading
Architecture Style Pattern josedacruz, October 21, 2023 What is an Architecture Style Architecture Style is the same as an Architecture Pattern. It is giving a name to the way the components and its relations are connected. Continue Reading
IAST josedacruz, September 23, 2023 IAST – Interactive Application Security Testing identifies security vulnerabilities in application code while it’s running. Continue Reading
SAST josedacruz, September 13, 2023 Static Application Security Testing (SAST) is a method used to review the source code of an application to identify potential vulnerabilities. Continue Reading