Sharpen Your Craft | Vedcraft Tech Newsletter - December 2022

Dec 30, 2022

“One place for Software Architects” is our mantra and the purpose of this newsletter is to provide summarized articles on a monthly basis for technical leads, software architects, software designers, senior software engineers, and more.

We have moved our newsletter to a new platform - Substack (as Twitter shuts down Revue). Thanks to Substack team for providing the platform to share the knowledge and learning.

This will be our last newsletter of 2022, so on behalf of Vedcraft, Happy Holidays and we look forward to landing in your inbox again in 2023!

New Vedcraft Article in December

2022 — The Year In Review From Technology Perspective

2022 has been a phenomenal year from a technology perspective accelerating the adoption of digital transformation across the industry. I published an article at the beginning of the year consolidating top technology trends for 2022.

Read this article to know about key updates in 2022 related to Cloud Computing, Opensource, DevOps and Platform Engineering, AI & Machine Learning, and much more.

2022 — The Year In Review From Technology Perspective

Top 5 Vedcraft Articles of 2022

AWS App Mesh vs. Istio: A Comparison Of Service Mesh

As Microservices architecture isolates system functionalities into multiple independent services, the communication mechanism between these services plays a key role for a scalable, available, and high-performance architecture. Read about comparision of AWS AppMesh and Istio - two of the most leading service mesh options.

Top Microservices Framework in Java

This article is an effort to summarize the top microservices frameworks in Java and is listed in no particular priority order. Considering the flexibility in MSA (Microservices Architecture), these are not mutually exclusive and you can choose as per your architectural requirements, business need, organizational context, and other factors under consideration.

5 Books Every Software Architect Should Read

This article provide list of books having broader coverage of software architecture including architecture patterns, methodologies, design patterns, practices & tactics, documentation practices, and much more.
At the end of this article, you will find list of key books (not just limited to five).

Engineering Blogs Every Should Architect Should Read

As a Software Architect, being aware and gaining broader context is a table-stakes in the current environment. But with information overload with many sources (social media, blogs, news articles, etc.), it is essential to prioritize your reading preferences.
Read about key blogs to read in the area of software architecture, cloud computing, user experience, data and machine learning, and devops & infrastructure.

Standards and Guidelines for Software Architecture

As a software architect, it is important to understand available industry standards to increase your breadth of knowledge and apply the best practices available.
This article summarizes key standards in the industry by the community such as IEEE, The Open Group, SEI, and much more.

Architecture Articles/News You Should Not Miss

This section is a summary of hand-picked architecture articles and news from different authors, bloggers, research companies, and more.

Software Architecture

Data & AI/ML

Cloud & DevOps

Emerging Technologies

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