Author: Maurice Driessen

  • Straight from the trenches: Engineering experiences with Microservices Architecture

    Andrew Harmel-Law interviewed by Maurice Driessen Earlier this month, while working on a proposal which turned out successful, I got the opportunity to have a discussion with Andrew Harmel-Law, around his personal experience with constructing a system based on a Microservices Architecture leveraging a evolutionary approach. It made sense to us to share this experience…

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  • A reading list on Microservices Architecture

    When I wanted to dive into and understand Microservices Architecture the following reading list was suggested to me: Life beyond Distributed Transactions:an Apostate’s Opinion by Pat Helland This paper explores and names some of the practical approaches used in the implementations of large-scale mission-critical applications in a world which rejects distributed transactions. It discusses the…

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  • Getting Started with Build vNext on TFS2015RC

    Because my experience with regard to the deployment and configuration of a Build vNext agent along side of my on-premise TFS2015RC test configuration which was everything but an easy walk in the park, I decided to share a little write-up about what I have discovered till today because it might be of value to anybody…

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  • When did you have your last check up?

    I was recently re-certified as Enterprise Certified Software Engineer by Capgemini’s Global Certification Board. In this article I elaborate on how I used the Software Engineering Certification Program for my personal career development. Having a regular check up on the things that surround you has become a fact of live in our society which depends…

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  • How do you define scope yet remain agile?

    Here is a common question I get regularly. In this case it was Howard, a co-worker from the UK: “Probably a dumb question but…how do you define scope yet remain agile? Is it woolly wording, do you define it using some kind of abstraction or do you define in terms of number of iterations? The…

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  • Welcome to DSEC

    Hi, Welcome to DSEC, where passion meets IT. .

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