In this week's issue @tpeczek.bsky.social shares thoughts on ensuring the quality of your tests: 🎯 The flavours of coverage ⚠️ The flaws hiding in coverage 🧬 Mutation testing as an alternative Read the full issue and focus your quality practice on its true goal. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/pathfind...

In this week's Pathfinder Engineer newsletter, @tpeczek.bsky.social explores how structured chaos engineering can transform your entire organisation, not just your infrastructure. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/pathfind... #StaffEngineering #TechLeadership #SystemsThinking #Resilience #ChaosEngineering

I guess there is a bunch of GitHub Actions workflows I should update 😄

In this week's issue, @tpeczek.bsky.social explores why the traditional mindset around documentation leads to either outdated or no documentation and how this mindset can be shifted. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/pathfind... #StaffEngineer #TechLeadership #SoftwareEngineering #EngineeringExcellence

Happy b-day to me 😌

I like Bicep, but I'm yet to make my mind about the Local Deploy feature. It can be quite useful, but it can also be easily misused 🤔 github.com/Azure/bicep/...

I've added Azure SQL change tracking to my set of samples showing how to expose various databases changefeed from ASP​.NET Core. (Also for this one I got to play with Microsoft Graph extension for Bicep to make it credential-less) #AspNetCore #AzureSql #ChangeTracking github.com/tpeczek/Demo...

Time to say no to a lot of things now for me :)

I've seen many projects where surprisingly little data has been used to make architectural decisions, so this week I've decided to share a little bit about being a data-driven staff+ engineer and using metrics to drive architecture.

In this week's issue, @tpeczek.bsky.social explores how the OODA Loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) can be your help when you need to bring projects, processes, or entire departments back on track. #StaffEngineer #TechLeadership open.substack.com/pub/pathfind...

The agenda for #CloudBrew is ready! Why not join us in December? Early Bird tickets are now also available! 👉 www.cloudbrew.be #dotnet #azure

🛠️ Staff+ Engineer in the SaaS World - Architectural Survival Kit The SaaS solution journey is like navigating a jungle, @tpeczek.bsky.social has prepared a architectural survival kit to aid you on that path. open.substack.com/pub/pathfind... #StaffEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #SaaS

In a couple of weeks, I will have the honour and pleasure of speaking at DevSum about WebAssembly and its applications beyond the browser, with a particular focus on Azure. If you're interested join me on 12 June at 4:40 PM in the M1 room.

Testing GitHub Actions workflows is pain... after playing with this for a moment I must say this is promising. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurein...

This is cool, I like this. On several occasions I went through migrating AF to be hosted in ACA/AKS when more suitable. And in some scenarios you want AF programming model but not hosting (think Python & ML) - leads to AF in ACA/AKS from the start. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsona...

🚀 Staff+ Engineer in the SaaS World - Pricing and Cost Management 🚀 "As a technical leader, you are responsible for the profitability of your solution - your job literally depends on it." 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/pathfind... #StaffEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #SaaS #CloudCosts #FinOps

I'm premiering one more talk this year: "Running WebAssembly on Azure - Is There Something There?" If this piques your interest and you'd like to see this at an event near you, get in touch!

🚀 Staff+ Engineer in the SaaS World - The Control Planes 🚀 This week, as part our journey through the SaaS world, @tpeczek.bsky.social dives into the control planes. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/pathfind... #StaffEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #SaaS

I watched Devil May Cry on Netflix in two evenings. I really enjoyed it. Highly recommended 😈

how are we making a decision? whats the actual process of it? checkout my latest post on @pathfinder.engineer !

In two weeks I'll be speaking at the SysOps/DevOps meetup in Kraków about "Zero Downtime Deployments for Azure PaaS-Based Applications". If you're in the area, please feel invited 🙂.

🚀 Staff+ Engineer in the SaaS World - The Life of a Tenant 🚀 Previously, @tpeczek.bsky.social explored the multitenancy spectrum. This week he continues the exploration and takes a look at the tenant lifecycle. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/pathfind... #StaffEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #SaaS

💣 Boom here comes the big news! I made the #ArchitectureWeekly a fully free newsletter. Yes, all the past articles and videos are free. Why did I do it? www.architecture-weekly.com/p/whole-arch... I believe that all of that gives you more content than a lot of books or paid online courses. 1/

In two weeks' time, I'll be sharing my knowledge on "Implementing DevOps Practices for Azure Infrastructure" at Azure Day Poland 2025 in Warsaw. If you're interested in attending (in person), there's a promo code I can share ( you can register at azureday.pl ): AzureDay2025Speaker

In this week's Pathfinder Engineer newsletter I'm dipping a toe into the SaaS world. If this is something that interests you, let me know and we'll get a bit more wet 😉.

I've been waiting for this since Ender Lilies true ending 🎮

That's Nine Sols done 🎮. It was some real fun. There could be more content, but fighting mechanics and bosses were just great 🤩. Highly recommended for anyone looking for some challenge 💪.

Blogged: "Exploring Neon as a Serverless Postgres Alternative for .NET Applications on Azure - Part 1 (Simple ASP​.NET Core on App Service)" 🔗 www.tpeczek.com/2025/02/expl... I'm exploring how to deploy a Neon Azure Native ISV with Bicep and use it an ASP.NET Core app. #Neon #Azure #DotNet

In April, I'll be premiering my brand new talk: "Zero Downtime Deployments for Azure PaaS-Based Applications" If you would like to hear this session at an event near you, lets get in touch!

The fun begins 🤗

🚀 Cynefin Framework - A Stuff+ Tool for Approaching Problems 🚀 As senior technical leaders, we're often thrown into problems of arbitrary complexity - Cynefin Framework can be your secret weapon for tackling these challenges! 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/pathfind... #StaffEngineer #SoftwareEngineering

This Wednesday I'll be speaking about "Implementing DevOps Practices for Azure Infrastructure" at the Microsoft Azure User Group Poland meetup in Krakow. If you're nearby, drop in!

🚀 Revisiting the 12 Factor App principles! Are they still relevant today? Find out in our latest post. Let's discuss! 🌐 #SoftwareDev #12FactorApp #DevOps 🔗 https://pathfinderengineer.substack.com/p/12-factor-app-revisited-what-has

A note for any organisation willing to listen - the way you handle the offboarding of your employees will have a huge impact on how you are remembered by them and can overshadow any previous positive sentiment...

I know how that works, but it amuses me, why in highly paid industry, we're expecting to get tooling, knowledge for free by default. Also nowadays stealing others people intellectual property is called innovation and openness. There's no free lunch, and our industry should finally embrace it.

1M 🎉. It's something 😊. It's useful for someone and that kinda makes me feel better.

Sending a newsletter at Christmas may be the wrong time, but maybe the content may make it right 🙂

🎙️ Do Architecture Patterns Decay? Have you ever wondered if the architecture patterns decay? We have. And we have opinions. And we want to discuss those opinions with you in our next meeting: 📅 Wednesday, December 18th, 8:30 AM CET (in 🇵🇱) 🔗: x.com/i/spaces/1Bd... #TechLeadership

Monitoring C# Azure Functions in the Isolated Worker Model - Infrastructure & Configuration Deep Dive #azure #dotnet #aspnet https://isaacl.dev/f7d

To make decisions, we don’t need all the details—just the right ones. Concise communication is a skill, not a shortcut. Learn how clarity drives action in my latest post: pathfinderengineer.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

Tell me you've been to a conference without telling me you've been to a conference 😉

In this week's issue of Pathfinder Engineer I'm sharing some of my mental model around what it is and how to achieve engineering in software engineering! #PathfinderEngineer #StaffEngineer #TechLeadership #SoftwareEngineering open.substack.com/pub/pathfind...

Lufthansa: I see you want to check-in online, how about no because no? Me: Early morning counter queue, here I come...

So it looks like Feedburner is kind of dead... If you happened to be subscribed to my blog RSS feed that was hosted there, you may want to use www.tpeczek.com/feeds/posts/... instead.

🚀 Discover how to quantify technical debt in software development with Pathfinder’s latest newsletter. Learn about key metrics, tools, and the importance of team feedback. 📊👩‍💻 #TechnicalDebt #SoftwareDevelopment #Metrics #Leadership open.substack.com/pub/pathfind...

Is the Feedburner even working anymore? It seemed very slow with updating for the last couple posts, but I could still push it with "Refresh feed". Today no update and refresh failing...

Blogged: "Monitoring C# Azure Functions in the Isolated Worker Model - Infrastructure & Configuration Deep Dive" 🔗 www.tpeczek.com/2024/11/moni... I'm exploring the needed infrastructure , potential configuration, and some additional options 😉 #AzureFunctions #Monitoring #Azure #Serverless

Did you want to try #ArchitectureWeekly but were postponing this decision? I decided to make a #BlackFriday deal and open a 30-day trial till the end of this week. You can get it here: www.architecture-weekly.com/blackfriday2... And try all the content! 1/

🚀 Navigating Tech Reports as a Staff+ Engineer 🚀 📅 When: 2024.11.26, 20:30 CET As a Staff+ Engineer, it's crucial to stay ahead of the curve by effectively navigating and leveraging various tech reports. 👤 Who: @stapp.bsky.social , @tpeczek.bsky.social & **you** 🔗 x.com/i/spaces/1lD...

🌟 I've been using "micro celebrations" to create positive change in tech org, and it works like ✨ massive org changes don't happen overnight. But celebrating small, intentional actions? That creates momentum. Read more 👇 pathfinderengineer.substack.com/p/micro-cele... #Engineering #Leadership