Hammed Lawal

Java backend engineer building Spring Boot services, transactional workflows and AI features with safe fallbacks.

[Hammed Lawal @StillYourLawal]

Microservices are not an upgrade from a monolith. They are a trade.

You swap code complexity for distributed systems complexity. Pick the one whose pain your team can actually afford.

A thread on how to choose:

[Hammed Lawal @StillYourLawal]

Build the monolith right first. Split it when it earns the split.

Monolith, microservices, or something in between: what is your team running?

Follow @StillYourLawal for practical Java backend lessons.

[Hammed Lawal @StillYourLawal]

Microservices are not an upgrade from a monolith. They are a trade.

You swap code complexity for distributed systems complexity. Pick the one whose pain your team can actually afford.

A thread on how to choose:

[Hammed Lawal @StillYourLawal]

Even Netflix didn't start there. They began moving in 2008, after a database corruption stopped them shipping DVDs for three days.

Experienced engineers start with a modular monolith and split out a service only when the pain is real and measurable.

[Hammed Lawal @StillYourLawal]

Ever noticed YouTube plays on while you type in chat?

That is threads:

1 core: threads take turns (concurrency)
2+ cores: run together (parallelism)
Hyper-threading: 1 core runs 2 at once
Shared writes: lock them
wait() blocks, notify() wakes
Pools reuse threads, return Futures

[Hammed Lawal @StillYourLawal]

@jbarbier @alx_africa @kalibetre @facesofalxse Getting ready for the next!!!
#Alx_SE

[Hammed Lawal @StillYourLawal]

4 weeks well spent. I don’t celebrate certificates (just paper), I celebrate the skills gained.

Thanks @ALX_AIDEV for the learning opportunity. I’m anticipating the launch of the ALX_SE AI Augmented program!
@alx_africa
@jbarbier @kalibetre @facesofalxse

[Hammed Lawal @StillYourLawal]

@jbarbier No more vim for real?

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Since I was born 56 years ago , Europe and USA have been helping Africa by giving her financial assistance and aids. But come to think of it , when will Africa problems finish ? Is it that our benefactors loves us so much that they are not tired of helping?

[Hammed Lawal @StillYourLawal]

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[Hammed Lawal @StillYourLawal]

@jbarbier Awesome

[Hammed Lawal @StillYourLawal]

Size of ur dreams must always exceed ur current capacity to achieve them, if ur dreams do not scare you they aren’t big enough. If not start off with a small dream you may not have much left when it’s fulfilled cos along the way life will test ur dreams and make demands on you.

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If it wasn't obvious before I think it's safe to say that you shouldn't follow the classical path by following your parent's advice. A lot of things are changing and going to change at an exponential rate

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