Over the last year, I started to develop an interest in Machine Learning, specifically in Generative AI. I have been attracted by the potential of it and how it can change different aspects of our current and future life. I read books and took trainings to deep dive into this technology. In this post, I … Continue reading Health Record App – A Generative AI Use Case
I wanna share some information about a pattern that is particularly interesting when you have an infrastructure composed of an API Gateway, some backend services (such as when working with a Microservices architecture) and a set of Frontend application consumers. Intent This pattern addresses those situations when a Request Aggregation is required but it is … Continue reading Gateway Aggregation Pattern
After a really long break, I have decided to resume the posts on my blog. This is something that I enjoy doing. Also, it helps to truly solidify the knowledge I get in my learning process. Last time, I was writing about the Azure Well-Architected Framework. In this post, I am going to write about … Continue reading Azure Well-Architected Framework – Performance Efficiency
On my previous post, I wrote about Cost Optimization based on the Azure Well-Architected Framework. If you want to take a look at that post, go to the following link: Azure Well-Architected Framework – Cost Optimization Continuing with my series of post about the Azure Well-Architected Framework (I know, it's been a while since my … Continue reading Azure Well-Architected Framework – Operational Excellence
I just recently finished the Microsoft Learn course "Build great solutions with the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework" (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/learn/paths/azure-well-architected-framework/). It definitely worth it. The content is quite good and useful, not only for Azure based solutions but for, I would say, almost any architectural solution you need to design. I will share some of my notes and summary of the learning content, … Continue reading Azure Well-Architected Framework – Cost Optimization
A lot of the times, when you are creating or consuming a Web API, you know in advance that there are a lot of standards and best practices to follow. You must take into consideration the architectural aspects of your API, the communication mechanism that are in place, the number of calls or aggregations you … Continue reading Conform HTTP semantics in ASP.NET Core Web API
Given the nature of distributed applications, such as microservices, we as developers, devops engineers or software architects must implement tools and policies that enable us to monitor how good or bad our services are performing. It is the essence of a well established solution to have a very good understanding and monitor of all pieces … Continue reading Implement Health Check in ASP.NET Core services
Recently I finished the book ".NET Microservices: Architecture for Containerized .NET Applications". I have to admit that it was a quite impressive content. It covers, not only the Microsoft products details offer when developing and architecting microservices with containers and deploying them in Azure. It also expand to technology-agnostic details about patterns and practices when … Continue reading Microservices: Architecture for Containerized .NET Applications notes
The nature of distributed applications brought the fact that we must embrace failure. No matter how good you plan, architect or develop your applications, failures are always very likely to happen. A clear example is when a web application needs to communicate to an external service through HTTP. Let's say that for some reason, there … Continue reading Retry and Circuit Breaker pattern in ASP.NET Core
If you are looking for free and up-to-date information about Azure Architecture tips and practices, Microsoft has a site dedicated to this matter. It includes very much information about Azure environment, available resources and tools, but it is not limited to that. It also has very good best practices, guidelines and patterns that are cloud … Continue reading Free materials about Azure and Cloud Architecture Patterns and Practices
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