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Writing my world with code one line at a time.
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Joined August 2015
2024, the year lash me...
Which year destroyed your mental health most ?
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I just published The Future of Software Architecture: Designing for Humans, Systems, and the Unknown
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Conclusion to the “Strategic Architecture in Practice” series — where software structure meets business growth.
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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: MPY.log/entry-013: Protecting Clean Systems from Messy Ones https://t.co/B03gAtEFan via @LinkedIn
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Sometimes, the real threat to your software isn’t your code. It’s the system you have to connect to.
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9/ 🚀 Feeling more confident designing, securing, and deploying backend systems — from code to containers to servers. #ALX_SE #ALX_BE @alx_africa
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8/ 💡 Key Learnings - Middleware & signals make Django more modular and event-driven - Shell scripting + Git automation = faster workflows - Containers + orchestration = scalable, portable apps - Clear infrastructure diagrams improve team alignment
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7/ 🌐 Web Infrastructure Design - Designed single & multi-server setups - Added load balancing, firewalls, SSL/TLS, and monitoring - Created whiteboard diagrams to explain the architecture clearly
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6/ 📦 Containerization & Orchestration - Docker basics: images, containers, volumes, networking - Intro to Kubernetes for scaling & managing containerised apps
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5/ 🔄 Advanced Git Techniques - Practised rebasing, cherry-picking, and handling merge conflicts - Explored GitFlow & feature-branch workflows for team collaboration
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4/ 💻 Shell Mastery - Learned Shell init files & variable expansions - Wrote advanced scripts to automate tasks & manage processes - Combined scripting with system monitoring for productivity
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3/ ⚡ Event Listeners & ORMs - Connected event listeners to Django Signals for automated workflows - Optimised DB interactions with efficient ORM queries & relationships
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2/ 🐍 Django Advanced Features - Built & integrated custom Middleware - Used Signals for decoupled event handling - Leveraged advanced ORM techniques for complex queries - Strengthened authentication & authorisation flows
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1/ 📅 August 2025 Work Log – ALX Backend Engineering This month was packed with deep dives into advanced backend skills: Django, shell scripting, Git, containerization, and web infrastructure design. #ALX_SE #ALX_BE @alx_africa
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I just published Architectural Decision Records: How to Scale Clarity Without Slowing Down
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I just published Event-Driven Everything: How to Think (and Build) in Events Instead of Requests
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Part of the “Strategic Architecture in Practice” series — where software structure meets business growth.
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Legacy code isn’t the enemy. Neglect is. We treat “legacy” like a curse word. But if it’s still running the business, it’s valuable. This week’s MPY.log is about improving legacy systems—without rewriting from scratch. 🔗
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In the last log, we talked about how developer experience (DX) is shaped more by architecture than by tooling. But what if the architecture you inherit is messy? What if the system is old, unclear,...
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Data isn’t exhaust — it’s your product’s brain. Treat it like architecture, not plumbing. New post: 🧠 Model for questions ⚙️ Events & CDC 📊 OLTP ≠ OLAP 🏗️ Data ownership by domain Read: https://t.co/OGnEpByHHc
#DataStrategy #Architecture #Analytics #EventDriven #ML
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Part of the “Strategic Architecture in Practice” series — where software structure meets business growth.
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Engineering velocity isn’t about coding faster — it’s about removing friction. 🛠️ Manual setup 🔁 Repeating infra 🧩 Inconsistent tooling The fix? Platform Thinking. Treat internal tools as products. Build for enablement. 📖
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Part of the “Strategic Architecture in Practice” series — where software structure meets business growth.
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Engineering velocity isn’t about coding faster — it’s about removing friction. 🛠️ Manual setup 🔁 Repeating infra 🧩 Inconsistent tooling The fix? Platform Thinking. Treat internal tools as products. Build for enablement. 📖
blog.attara.dev
Part of the “Strategic Architecture in Practice” series — where software structure meets business growth.
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5/ 💬 Massive thanks to @alx_africa and the incredible #ALX_SE community. Every day is a new chance to: ✅ Build ✅ Debug ✅ Fail fast ✅ Learn louder ✅ Grow together 💪 Let’s keep going. #ALX_BE #Python #Django #DeveloperJourney #ALX_PDBE
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