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The Architecture Corner podcast explores software architecture, engineering practices, and the evolving technology landscape. Listen to episodes directly or on your preferred platform.
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Using Open Telemetry to monitor what your coding agent is doing
Are you flying blind with your AI coding agent?In this episode, we detail what actually happens inside tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code beyond the prompt you type.We cover: How LLMs use context windows (and why they "forget") The sharp quality drop that hits at ~40% context usage How to…
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The Challenges of Evolving Your Service: API Versioning
Once you ship a public API, you've made a promise. Keeping it while still moving forward turns out to be harder than most teams expect.In this episode, we will cover:What qualifies as a backward-compatible change, and what doesn'tWhy does introducing a new API version cost more than just writing…
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Stop Chasing Updates: Building a Sustainable AI Coding Workflow
The AI development landscape keeps shifting, leaving many developers frustrated as they try to keep up with each new model, tool, and workflow. But what if the answer isn't chasing every update, but building a more intentional approach?In this episode, we will cover:How custom instructions can…
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Managing Trade-offs and Continuous Improvements: DynamoDB multi-attribute Keys
Welcome to the Architecture Corner PodcastIn this edition, we will explore the pros and cons of DynamoDB as a backdrop to talk about the evolution and trade-offs that any architect will have to make.If you want to know more, check the full article at…
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Spec-Driven Development: A Structured Approach to AI-Assisted Coding
Architecture Corner Newsletter Podcast – where we explore practical frameworks and tools that shape how we build software in the AI era.As AI coding assistants become commonplace, the industry is moving beyond simple prompt-and-pray approaches toward more structured methodologies. This episode…
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Software Estimations and Agile: Finding the Balance
Architecture Corner Newsletter Podcast - where we explore the practical challenges of software development and discover actionable solutions for real-world scenarios.Estimations and agile methodologies often seem at odds with each other, creating tension in development teams. Many developers…
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Event Catalog: Advanced Documentation for Event-Driven Systems
Architecture Corner Newsletter Podcast - exploring documentation strategies that scale with your event-driven architectureEvent Catalog offers capabilities beyond basic service documentation, providing structured approaches to manage complex distributed systems. This episode examines practical…
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EventCatalog: Building Documentation for Event-Driven Systems
Architecture Corner Newsletter Podcast explores the tools and practices that make complex software architectures more manageable and maintainable.Event-driven applications often struggle with scattered documentation and poor discoverability of their messaging contracts. EventCatalog emerges as an…
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Technology Radar: Navigating the "Move Fast" Culture Without Losing Direction
Architecture Corner Newsletter Podcast. In today's development landscape, teams face constant pressure to accelerate delivery while the AI revolution adds even more urgency to ship faster. But speed without direction can lead to chaos - scattered technology choices, knowledge fragmentation, and the…
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Finding Balance in Software Development — The Importance of Context
Architecture Corner Newsletter Podcast explores the ongoing debates around software development patterns and practices, examining why developers often find themselves on opposite sides of architectural decisions.In this episode we will cover:The controversy surrounding popular patterns like SOLID…
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Step Functions Evolution: JSONata and Simplified I/O Transform Workflow Development
Architecture Corner Newsletter Podcast explores the latest developments in cloud-native architectures and serverless computing patterns that are reshaping how we build distributed systems.In this episode we will cover:AWS Step Functions' new JSONata support and how it shifts functionality from…
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The Developer's AI Dilemma - Coding is Dead, Long Live Coding!
Architecture Corner Newsletter Podcast - The AI revolution has developers split between those declaring code obsolete and others dismissing the hype entirely. But what's the reality behind the headlines about disappearing programming jobs and "vibe coding" taking over?In this episode we will…
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Disaster Recovery Strategies for Modern Applications
Architecture Corner Newsletter Podcast - When redundancy and graceful degradation aren't enough, it's time to think beyond single regions and prepare for the worst-case scenarios that can take down entire data centers.In this episode we will cover:Why single-region availability zones have…
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Don't Ask Permission To Do Your Job Correctly: Escaping The Technical Debt Trap
Architecture Corner Newsletter Podcast - Where we tackle the real challenges that keep developers up at night and explore practical solutions for building better software systems.Technical debt consistently ranks as developers' top frustration, but the problem runs deeper than most teams realize.…
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Graceful Degradation and Asynchronous Processing for High Availability
Architecture Corner Newsletter Podcast - When system failures are inevitable, the key isn't preventing them but designing around them. Today we explore practical strategies that keep your applications running when dependencies fail, without breaking the bank on complex infrastructure.In this…