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The 12-Factor App: A Blueprint for Modern .NET Cloud-Native Applications

by Thuso KharibeBlog 27 May 2025No Comments

In today’s software landscape, applications are predominantly delivered as services – often termed web apps or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Building these services to be scalable, maintainable, and resilient, especially in cloud environments, presents a unique set of challenges. The 12-Factor App methodology, first articulated by developers at Heroku, provides a robust set of principles for constructing …

Fixing Caching Errors: A Developer’s Guide

Cache Me If You Can: How Caching Goes Wrong and How to Fix It

by Thuso KharibeBlog 26 May 202526 May 2025No Comments

Caching is a fundamental technique in modern system design, promising lightning-fast response times and reduced load on backend services. From client-side browser caches to distributed in-memory stores like Redis, and even down to the database’s own buffer pools, caching layers are ubiquitous. However, while the benefits are clear, a misconfigured or misunderstood cache can quickly …

Multi-threading with NodeJS (Worker Threads)

by Gavin de BruynBlog 14 March 202428 May 2024One Comment

Did you know you can perform multi-threading in NodeJS? NodeJS’ implementation of multi-threading is called worker_threads which functions a bit differently to other multi-threaded technologies but can be useful in certain scenarios to improve your application’s performance. Prerequisites A basic understanding of Javascript and NodeJS. What is Multi-threading? Multi-threading is the technique of running tasks …

Understanding Zone.js in Angular

by Yashlin NaidooBlog 22 February 202428 January 2025No Comments

Zone.js in Angular Zone.js plays a pivotal role in Angular’s change detection mechanism by helping signal Angular when to perform a change detection cycle. When asynchronous operations are initiated within Angular’s context, Zone.js ensures Angular is aware of these operations’ start and completion, allowing Angular to decide when to check for changes. Disclaimer: Angular has …

Angular: Understanding change detection

by Yashlin NaidooBlog 20 February 202410 February 2025No Comments

Understanding change detection The secret sauce to Angular’s reactivity and performance is in its change detection strategies and the creative application of those strategies. Change detection is an important mechanism for ensuring the application view stays in sync with the underlying data models, and can respond appropriately when there are changes to these data models. …

Downloading Objects as JSON files in Angular

by Yashlin NaidooBlog 26 October 20232 April 202512 Comments

In our Angular applications , we often create rich data objects that give us insight into how our application is behaving. Whether we’re creating complex state management objects , error logs or diagnostics ,what if you wanted to export this data for further analysis or for users to download? In this blog post, we’ll explore …

Analyzing Angular Bundles with Source Map Explorer

Getting started with source map explorer in Angular

by Yashlin NaidooBlog 26 October 20237 April 20252 Comments

What are Source Maps? Source maps are a crucial tool for modern web development, especially in projects that involve complex frameworks like Angular. At their core, source maps are files that map the generated, minified, or transpiled code back to its original source code. They contain information about the relationship between your source code and …