E9 | Three Architectures for Designing Scalable Contentful Apps | Diego Aguilar

In this episode, my guest Diego Aguilar, a software engineer focused on Cloud development, AWS and JAMstack, and I chat all about how to build scalable Contentful applications using three specific architectures: Cache, Event Driven and Batch-Sync. ******************************* Questions Asked ******************************* Tell us about your background. What kind of projects do you work on? Tell us about the tech hub in Mexico where you reside. Tell us about your work with Contentful. What is an architecture? Who's usually involved in designing an architecture for the app? Explain what a Technical Architect does. What about having a Content Architect? Why do we need an architecture? What are some of the challenges of using an architecture when building an app? Are there standards one can follow when implementing an app architecture? What are some of the attributes of an architecture? Can you explain what "Worse is Better" is? What's the difference between serverless and cloud based architectures? Is LAMBDA an example of a serverless application? What is a Cache in an app architecture? What is an Event? What is a Batch? What are the 3 types of architectures? What is the Cache Architecture? When is a Cache Architecture not a good idea to use? What is the tech stack for the Cache Architecture? What is an Event Driven Architecture? What's a good example of an Event Driven Architecture? Can we mix architectures? When is an Event Driven Architecture not a good idea to use? Is an Event Driven Architecture synchronous or async? What's the tech stack used to create Event Driven Architecture? What is a Batch Sync Architecture? When is a Batch Sync Architecture not a good idea to use? What's the tech stack for a Batch Sync Architecture? How important is logging for all three architectures? Where can people learn more about technical architectures? ******************************* Reference Links ******************************* Fundamentals of Software Architecture (https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Software-Architecture-Comprehensive-Characteristics/dp/1492043451) 12 Factor App Manifesto (https://12factor.net/) The Rise of Worse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better) Diego's Email ([email protected])