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Welcome to my software engineering blog. This blog is like a diary, a notebook where I document my reflections, discoveries and work. Enjoy!

The Basics of Agility: From a Developer, for Developers

42% of Agile projects are successful. Only 13% for the traditional Waterfall approach. This data comes from the CHAOS Report 2020, based on 50,000 projects. Agile. Is it a magic word? Are sprints and daily planning the key to success? Is a startup that delivers 10 times a day in production Agile? Is it agile for teams to draw up two-day PI plannings to plan for three months of work?...

April 19, 2024 Â· 5 min Â· Alexis SEGURA

My Journey to Become AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

I’ve been building cloud solutions with AWS for four years now. Recently, I decided it was time to start my certification journey. I wanted to broaden and deepen my knowledge and value my expertise. Before starting my journey, I had a strong knowledge of some AWS Services. However, this knowledge was insufficient to get the certification. I knew almost nothing about hybrid cloud, on-premise migration, AWS Organizations… In this blog post, I will share the working method that I implemented to pass the certification....

November 6, 2023 Â· 3 min Â· Alexis SEGURA

Key Considerations Learned from Event-driven Architecture Migrations

Migrating to an event-driven architecture (EDA) can be a difficult task. But it can be a good move for organizations. It can reduce coupling, improve scalability, and increase the resilience of a backend. I participated in two migrations to EDA. In the first one, the architecture had several coupling issues. We had a number of microservices with a lot of REST calls between them. In the second one, the product was under construction....

August 8, 2023 Â· 4 min Â· Alexis SEGURA

Why Do I Start a Developer Blog

Welcome to my blog! I am a software engineer passionate about software engineering and product development. I have been in the industry since 2019 and have gained extensive experience working for startups. I also have experience in large companies and the research field. Over the past few years, I have actively participated in developing several projects, from the first drafts to the release in production. I spent a lot of time building scalable and resilient backends tailored to our needs....

July 31, 2023 Â· 2 min Â· Alexis SEGURA