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Category Archives: Architecture
REST API Design – A Beginner’s Reading List
There’s no better place to start than Steve Yegge’s post, where he dicusses the Jeff Bezos memo that kicked off the service architecture revolution at Amazon: https://plus.google.com/+RipRowan/posts/eVeouesvaVX The RESTful cookbook is a your next stop – an easy to digest … Continue reading
Posted in API, Enterprise Integration
Tagged HTTP API, REST
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Bluff Your Way in Enterprise Architecture
Being an architect is hard work. Given how small the population of people willing to do hard work is, it might be a little mysterious to you how many people manage to wangle ‘architect’ into their job titles*, but how few know … Continue reading
Posted in Agile, Architecture, Humour
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MariaDB CONNECT – Avoiding the pitfalls!
There will come a time when you need to make data available to your mariaDB application from other database management systems. The CONNECT functionality allows you to do this. This article will cover how to use it to access remote … Continue reading
Posted in Connectivity, Data Flow, Databases, MariaDB, Oracle, Uncategorized
Tagged CONNECT, Maria DB, Maria DB 10.0.22, Maria DB SQL, MariaDB, MariaDB 10.0.22, MariaDB SQl, Oracle, Oracle 11g, Oracle PL/SQL, Query
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Neo4j GraphTalks – Fraud Detection and Risk Management Talk Review
I went to an excellent seminar this morning hosted by Neo4j, the graph database vendor. I used Neo4j a couple of years back to model change requests at a investment bank, and I’ve had a soft spot for its speed … Continue reading
Posted in Databases, Domain Model, Enterprise Wide Data
Tagged fraud detection, graph database, Neo4j, risk management
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Success with Matching Engines – what does that look like?
Implementing a Matching Engine application presents a host of challenges. If you’re responsible for such a project then you need to give serious consideration to a number of critical system components. Here are just a few of the questions … Continue reading
Posted in Business Rules, Messaging, Models, Project Management, Regression, Risk Management, Routing Rules, Rule Engines, Test Automation, Testing
Tagged automated, complexity, data set, downstream, engine, false positives, freeze, implementation, legacy design, matching, overlap, overlapping, problem space, regression, release, requirements, result set, rework, rule management, rules, slice and dice
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Not modelling your workflow? Here there be monsters!
I wanted to share a recent project experience with you that further strengthened my belief that a picture paints a thousand words. It helped to identify the root cause of a show-stopping problem where other efforts to do so had … Continue reading
Posted in Business Rules, Data Flow, Domain Model, Messaging, Models, Replay, Risk Management, Routing Rules, Rule Engines, Smoke Testing, Trade Flow, Uncategorized
Tagged adapter, adapter framework, complex, conflict, deep dive, entry rule, exit rule, infrastructure, logging, Messaging Systems, refactor, regression test packs, root cause, Rules engine, test rig, testing rig, the code documents itself, trade capture system, upstream, walk through, walkthrough, workflow
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The next time I implement a time-sheeting system
I will not punish my consultants for being billable on client site by requiring them to log into a VPN, use IE6, use ActiveX downloads, or place other cruel and unusual barriers to them billing time. I will not make … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Project Management
Tagged consulting, time-sheeting, timesheeting
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