Developer Drivel
When we learn something new, find a faster way, discover a better technology or simply want to explain something that we do regularly you'll find it here.
Dynamic Workflow Orchestration: Performance Tips
Techniques to cut latency, enforce idempotency, manage retries, map tasks dynamically and scale reliable AI-driven workflows.
2026-05-04•Sam LoydTop 10 TDD Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
Avoid common TDD mistakes—unclear requirements, brittle tests, and poor automation—to keep tests valuable and design clean.
2026-04-30•Sam LoydHow Real-Time Workflow Adaptation Reduces Latency
Shows how event-driven design, CDC, in-memory processing and observability cut workflow delays to milliseconds.
2026-04-27•Sam LoydSemantic Versioning for Scalable API Design
Use SemVer plus clear URI, header, media-type or query strategies to keep APIs stable, discoverable and scalable.
2026-04-23•Sam LoydFuture of Event-Driven Synchronization in AI Systems
Event-driven synchronisation turns AI agents into always-listening systems, cutting latency and boosting scalability.
2026-04-20•Sam Loyd