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.
Top 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 LoydTop Tools for Hybrid Cloud Load Balancing
Hybrid cloud load balancing demands tools that prioritise performance, reliability and seamless multi‑cloud integration.
2026-04-16•Sam Loyd