Published inApache APISIX·6 days agoChopping the monolith in a smarter wayIn my previous post Chopping the Monolith, I explained that some parts of a monolith are pretty stable and only the fast-changing parts are worth being “chopped.” I turned the post into a talk and presented it at several conferences. …Architecture4 min readArchitecture4 min read
Published inITNEXT·Nov 16Exploring the OpenTelemetry CollectorThe OpenTelemetry Collector sits at the center of the OpenTelemetry architecture but is unrelated to the W3C Trace Context. In my tracing demo, I use Jaeger instead of the Collector. Yet, it’s ubiquitous, as in every OpenTelemetry-related post. I wanted to explore it further. In this post, I explore the…DevOps8 min readDevOps8 min read
Published inApache APISIX·Nov 9API versioningIn my previous post Evolving your APIs, I mention the main API versioning approaches. During the talk of the same name, I sometimes get some questions on the subject. In this post, I’ll detail each of them. I assume readers know the reasons behind versioning, semantic versioning, and product lifecycle…API4 min readAPI4 min read
Published inITNEXT·Nov 2Feedback from calling Rust from PythonI got plenty of feedback on my post about Calling Rust from Python: Hacker News /r/python /r/rust Many comments mentioned pyo3, and I should use it instead of cooking my own. …Rust4 min readRust4 min read
Published inITNEXT·Oct 26Python “magic” methods — part 2Let’s continue our exploration of Python’s magic methods in this second part of the series. This part will focus on numbers and containers, i.e., collections. You can read the first part here. Container-related methods Python provides the usual containers, e.g., lists, sets, and dictionaries. …Python5 min readPython5 min read
Published inITNEXT·Oct 19Python “magic” methods — part 1Java was the first language I used professionally and is the scale by which I measure other languages I learned afterward. It’s an OOP statically-typed language. Hence, Python feels a bit weird because of its dynamic typing approach. For example, Object offers methods equals(), hashCode(), and toString(). Because all other…Python6 min readPython6 min read
Published inApache APISIX·Oct 5Resizing images on-the-flyAs a web architect, one of the many issues is asset management. And the most significant issue in assets is images. A naive approach would be to set an image and let the browser resize the image via CSS: img { height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: contain; } However, it…Web Development5 min readWeb Development5 min read
Published inApache APISIX·Sep 28Down the rabbit hole of an Apache APISIX pluginMy demo, Evolving your APIs, features a custom Apache APISIX plugin. I believe that the process of creating a custom plugin is relatively well-documented. However, I wanted to check the parameters of the _M.access(conf, ctx) function, especially the ctx one. The documentation states: The ctx parameter caches data information related…DevOps5 min readDevOps5 min read
Published inITNEXT·Sep 21Monkey-patching in JavaThe JVM is an excellent platform for monkey-patching. Monkey patching is a technique used to dynamically update the behavior of a piece of code at run-time. A monkey patch (also spelled monkey-patch, MonkeyPatch) is a way to extend or modify the runtime code of dynamic languages (e.g. Smalltalk, JavaScript, Objective-C…Java7 min readJava7 min read
Sep 7Offering my blog to new authorsRegular readers of this blog know that I started it a long time ago, namely in April 2008. I soon found my cruising speed: a post a week. It requires time and discipline, but I achieved this goal during all those years. However, while I still have enough of both…Blogging2 min readBlogging2 min read
