The Main Thread – Issue #4
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Main Thread – Issue #4 – A newsletter about software engineering by Alessandro Diaferia focusing on engineering practices and startup engineering.
The Main Thread – Issue #3
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Main Thread – Issue #3 – A newsletter about software engineering by Alessandro Diaferia focusing on engineering practices and startup engineering.
The Main Thread – Issue #2
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Main Thread – Issue #2 – A newsletter about software engineering by Alessandro Diaferia focusing on engineering practices and startup engineering.
The Main Thread – Issue #1
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Main Thread – Issue #1 – A newsletter about software engineering by Alessandro Diaferia focusing on engineering practices and startup engineering.
Yes, TDD slows you down
How to keep your Amazon MQ queues clean

Reading Time: 2 minutes Amazon MQ queues might fill up if you use them in your tests but don’t take care of cleaning them up. Let’s explore together a way of addressing this issue. I was hoping to avoid writing dedicated code to just consume all the messages enqueued during tests so I started looking around for some tool … How to keep your Amazon MQ queues clean
The Mythical DevOps Engineer

Reading Time: 8 minutes I’m always a little suspicious of job specs looking for the so-called DevOps Engineer role. They often mention a vast variety of duties and responsibilities. Are they hiring for a single role or a whole team? Roles having DevOps in their title hardly share the same meaning. They often have something in common, though. They … The Mythical DevOps Engineer