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Keeping Microservices Up To Date

May 15, 2020 by Jared

How do you keep microservices up to date? I don’t mean the code that you write, but all the underlying stuff that goes into your services. Things like the OS, programming language, software packages, etc. Monolithic In a monolith, this was relatively easy to take care of. There was a very small number of servers … Read more

Update Rhythm

February 5, 2020 by Jared

Just like everything, updates need to have a certain rhythm. This rhythm can be organized and predictable, or, more often than not, it can be disruptive and chaotic. Organized and Predictable Most software languages have an organized and predictable update cadence, or rhythm. Languages like Java and Node.JS follow a 6 month rhythm. They also … Read more