Nowadays, building systems using microservices is almost a must, but applying and keeping microservices concepts is quite challenging. We want service providers to process all requests, even in cases of high demand, but how can we guarantee this, and how can we improve performance? The answer is message queues. So what's a message queue, and how does it work?

What is a Design Sprint, how does it work, and how much does it contribute to successful product development? 

(The following article is property of Avenue Code, LLC, and was originally published with permission at Women in Retail Leadership Circle on March 8, 2019.) 

Yasi Baiani, Vice President of Product Management at Wonolo, shares how she maximizes impact as a leader by pursuing her passion.

Cloud computing is becoming an increasingly popular solution for companies. The main benefits of cloud environments are: paying only for what you use, quick scaling of resources, and focusing your team time on evolving your product by using managed services. It's very easy to start a cloud project, but starting without a thoughtful structure can complicate management later. This blog lists best practices for starting your cloud project.

In this blog, I am going to explain some of the best practices for building a machine learning system in Google Cloud Platform.  We'll start by showing how to understand and formulate the problem and end with tips for training and deploying the model. We'll also discuss required GCP tools, data processing in GCP, and data validation.

Today, we'll briefly introduce the basic concepts of Domain-Driven Design and Onion Architecture and highlight some advantages of bringing these two approaches together.

(The following article is property of Avenue Code, LLC, and was originally published with permission at TotalRetail on January 7, 2019.) 

Jeremy Parker is the founder of Swag.com, a custom promotional products e-commerce retailer. He spoke with Avenue Code about the importance of passionate entrepreneurship and focusing on consumers’ core needs.