Software Craft

The Liskov Substitution Principle Explained

This article gives a quick intro to the Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP), why it’s important, and how to use it to validate object-oriented designs.

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The AWS Journey Part 2: Deploying a Docker Image with AWS CloudFormation

In the first article of my AWS Journey, we deployed a Docker image via the AWS web console. While this works fine, it includes manual work and doesn’t provide fine-grained control over the network and other resources we might need.

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Interface Segregation Principle: Everything You Need to Know

“Clients should not be forced to depend upon interfaces that they do not use.” — Robert Martin, paper “The Interface Segregation Principle”

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Single Responsibility Principle Unpacked

This article explains the Single Responsibility Principle (SRP): what does it practically mean? And when and how should we apply it?

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Continuous Database Configuration with Flyway and Kubernetes

Self-contained systems (SCS) are systems that have no tight coupling to other systems. They can be developed, deployed and operated on their own.

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Insights from YOW! 2019

I visited the YOW! conference in Sydney in December 2019. What better way to persist what I learned than in a blog post?

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