And why I won't quit working with TypeScript — Hardly any developer has always worked with the same programming language for years and decades. There a various reasons why developers switch to a different programming language over time, sometimes, it's just external factors, or you've just grown yourself. In most cases, learning a new programming language also broadens your…

Dealing with bugs shortly before a release can become stressful! — A few weeks ago, I was asked how a developer should deal with a serious bug shortly before an important release. In such a situation, as a developer, you are under enormous time pressure, and your work becomes error-prone more quickly. Also, you don’t want to move the release date. …

Developing software is not just writing code — Coding itself takes far less than half the time of a software project. When I learned how to code, I couldn’t really believe that, but I can confirm this thesis today. …

Developer Mindset: handle code reviews the right way — It’s not the first time I am talking about criticism in a technical environment. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about Positive Work Atmosphere, where I also talked about criticism. But criticism due to code reviews is a daily business and somehow different. …

Deep Dive into Event Sourcing — Event sourcing is a data persistence strategy often mentioned in domain-driven design (DDD) and CQRS. The concepts are independent but complement each other perfectly. But how does event sourcing work? Storing data usually follows the CRUD principle. However, the four database operations contained therein (“CREATE”, “READ”, “UPDATE”, and “DELETE”) are…

Node.js 18 reminds me of Deno — Node.js 18 was released on 19th April 2022. Unlike the previous two versions, Node.js 18 offers exciting innovations and shows the direction in which Node.js will develop in the future. Fetch API The first significant change in Node.js 18 is native support for the Fetch API. …

How to create a positive work atmosphere in a software developer team — Welcome to my article series on improving your mindset as a software developer. I created this series to help you improve your daily work-life. Developer Mindset Article Series How to be a better developermedium.com Probably everyone wants a good working atmosphere, but what characterizes a good working atmosphere? …

What is CQRS, and why it’s getting more and more popular? — CQRS is an architecture pattern often mentioned in connection with domain-driven design (DDD) and Event-Sourcing. Greg Young coined the term in 2010, and the content of CQRS is based on Bertrand Meyer’s CQS design pattern. But what’s behind it? The CQS (Command Query Separation) design pattern proposes mapping an object’s…

Domain-Driven-Design under the context of Software Development — Although domain-driven design (DDD) has been around since 2004, the concept has not been able to spread excessively in all that time. In recent years, however, the term has experienced a second spring. So it’s time to ask what domain-driven design is. Software development is not an end in itself…