Apr 12, 20223 reasons centralizing your data is a bad ideaMicroservice architectures are a common model for modern applications and systems. They have a specific characteristic of splitting the business responsibility of a large application into distinct, separate components that can be independently developed, managed, operated, and scaled. Microservice architectures provide an effective model for scaling the application itself, allowing…6 min read6 min read
Mar 10, 2022The importance of classifying analyticsAnalytics are core to all modern SaaS applications. There is no way to successfully operate a SaaS application without monitoring how it is performing, what it’s doing internally, and how successful it is at accomplishing its goals. However, there are many types of analytics that modern applications need to monitor…Operational Excellence7 min readOperational Excellence7 min read
Mar 4, 2022The problem with shardingNew SaaS startups rarely think about how to scale their applications. Sure, they envision the day they will need to expand, and they build growth into their financial plans, but they rarely architect their applications for scalability early on. …6 min read6 min read
Mar 2, 2022The competitive advantages of cloud economicsWhat color is your cloud money? A weird question, perhaps, but it’s an important question. Because along with changing how we leverage applications, the cloud has also changed the type of money it takes for us to operate those applications. Different colors of money To understand this, a brief discussion about corporate finances is…7 min read7 min read
Aug 23, 20218 Things You Don’t Know About Architecting Your Business Infrastructure for ScaleWhat does it mean to “architect for scale” and why do you need to do so? Architecting for scale is about building and updating critical applications so they deliver what your increasingly demanding digital customers expect. Remember, your application’s performance, more and more, will be compared with the likes of…8 min read8 min read
Apr 13, 2021Is it SLA or SLO?In my mind, all service agreements are SLAs. Don’t call them SLOs. What are SLAs? SLAs, or Service Level Commitments, are measuring a commitment to a given level of reliability and performance. …3 min read3 min read
Apr 13, 2021Is it SLA or SLO?In my mind, all service agreements are SLAs. Don’t call them SLOs. What are SLAs? SLAs, or Service Level Commitments, are measuring a commitment to a given level of reliability and performance. …3 min read3 min read
Mar 23, 2021What is a STOSA Organization?STOSA, or Single Team Oriented Service Architecture, is an important guiding principle for large organizations with many development teams that own and manage services comprising one or more applications. Modern organizations, operating modern applications at scale, require an ability to scale *their organization* as much as they require the ability…3 min read3 min read
Mar 23, 2021What is a STOSA Organization?STOSA, or Single Team Oriented Service Architecture, is an important guiding principle for large organizations with many development teams that own and manage services comprising one or more applications. Modern organizations, operating modern applications at scale, require an ability to scale *their organization* as much as they require the ability…3 min read3 min read
Mar 15, 2021Welcome to Modern Applications/Modern Organizations!I’ve been writing articles, recording podcasts and webinars, and presenting live keynotes and other talks for many years. My Lee@Scale blog started in 2016 and focused on building highly scalable, high-availability web applications. …1 min read1 min read
