Too often in software engineering people are too quick to focus on the latest technology and reticent to develop their knowledge of the fundamentals. I suppose the reason for this is to build marketable skills. Recruiters and employers tend to focus on the technology their hiring managers (often other engineers) ask them for, which is usually the latest shiny thing and so the cycle continues. [read more]

This topics comes up a lot: "how do I do authorization for my service architecture?" or if they are hip with the kids "how do I do authorization for my microservices". The answer to both is the same... [read more]