A challenging solution needed
Some years ago I was presented to a project that needed a solution. No news at this point, that is the reality of any IT…
Using Docker to deal with a TomEE missing feature
When I and Bruno Souza were writing the article "Step-by-Step High Availability with Docker and Java EE" we faced a little issue with an Apache…
Think your career and move forward
Today I will not share any architecture content, but a little career advice. I've been doing what I do for 17 years and, of course,…
Step-by-Step High Availability with Docker and Java EE
Happy to share that my article written with Bruno Souza has just published! You can read it at: https://community.oracle.com/docs/DOC-998210 So if you want to learn…
Why getting the Java Enterprise Architect Certification?
Since this year has begun I've started my "journey" to the "Oracle Certified Master, Java EE 6 Enterprise Architect". It's been fun and either a…
Should I upgrade the server or add another one?
When you think about scaling your architecture in a Vertical or Horizontal way (see my post Horizontal and vertical scalability), maybe you could find yourself…
What if I don't know that much about high availability?
Imagine this situation: you are the new guy in a new project. Maybe you were just hired by the company, or it is a side…
Horizontal and vertical scalability
Hi people! Let's talk a little about systems architecture. Specially about scalability. First of all: do you know what scalability is? Accordingly to the book…
Dynamic and Static Discovery cluster with Apache TomEE
Hey there! On my last post Are there different types of clusters? we saw two different types of clusters: Dynamic Discovery and Static Discovery. To…
Are there different types of clusters?
In my last post "How to Build an Apache TomEE cluster" we saw how easy and fast is to deploy your application in a cluster…
How to build an Apache TomEE cluster
If you have an application or a system and it is running, you surely want it to be available. Depending on the scenario, you need…
Blogging course
I have never thought it would exist a thing like a blogging course. I always seen blogging as an empirical thing, specially for technical guys…