We added Redis to fix slow API responses. Instead we got stale data, thundering herds, and a system that was harder to debug than the original problem.
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Hello, I'm Luke
Personal blog about my experiences and thoughts on software development.
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- A consulting story about a platform engineering initiative that checked every box on paper but collected dust in practice — and the uncomfortable reasons why.
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- The Axios supply chain attack reminded me of a dependency audit I ran at a client last year. What I found was worse than any vulnerability scanner could flag.
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- We built a canary deployment pipeline with automated rollbacks. It still let a bad release through to 100% of users. Here's what went wrong.
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- AI code review tools are everywhere now. After rolling one out on a real project, I learned more about our team than about the tool itself.
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