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The OutBox Pattern

How to Connect to a Private EKS Cluster

Authenticate via your IdP, assume an AWS role for temporary creds, create an SSM port-forwarded tunnel to a bastion host, and configure kubectl to talk to your private EKS endpoint.

A Concise Guide to the AWS EKS Ecosystem

Fundamental AWS concepts, the EKS two-plane model, security/VPC best practices, and recommended environment separation for stable operations.

Debugging Kafka's SslAuthenticationException

Domain Architecture Design Guide

DDD and Hexagonal Architecture

Securely Connecting to Private EKS and RDS Clusters in AWS

Search API Optimization

Order Status Design in Microservices: Tips & Tricks

Designing order workflows in microservices can get messy with over 20 statuses to manage.

Saga Pattern in Microservices — A Real-World Case Study

Insights and lessons learned from implementing the Saga Pattern in a real-world microservices scenario with GDPR compliance requirements.