#software-architecture

Articles tagged with #software-architecture

One Pipeline, Four Test Frameworks — Designing CI/CD That Doesn't Slow You Down
1. The Problem I hit this exact problem when my pipeline took 18 minutes per push. My stack required running Vitest for the Next.js frontend, pytest with testcontainers for the FastAPI backend, Playwr
Jun 16, 20269 min read2
Your Database Tests Are Lying to You — Here's How to Fix That
When building the data layer of one of my project, I tried following standard Python testing advice: wire the test suite to an in-memory SQLite database for maximum speed. I immediately hit an archite
Jun 6, 20269 min read12
Fat Service Layer, Brittle Tests — The Repository Pattern Is the Fix
1. The Problem While building the backend for my personal project —I initially wrote database queries directly alongside the business rules. A function takes a database session, fetches a User record,
Jun 2, 20266 min read