How I write backends with Federico Pereiro

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English - March 11, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Federico has been writing backends for web applications since 2012 and is the co-founder and chef of alto;code. He wrote a post on GitHub named "How I write backends" that summarizes his process.

We discuss:

His current stackRedis as a primary data storeReducing the number of layers in your softwareHow duplicating input validation makes code harder to understandIntegration tests over unit testsMinimizing dependenciesWhy you should never normalize alerts

Federico Pereiro

Personal Site How I write backends Our company ac;pic, our pictures application ac;tools, our backend services

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