Complex applications or services usually start a number of internal workers that process data more efficiently. If the service is stopped or restarted those workers need to finish handling each in-flight message before they are stopped to avoid data loss or rework.
Working on long-term complex projects can be hard and stressful sometimes. However, with a bit of madness and initiative, you can turn an ever-increasing and decaying codebase into a project you feel proud about.
Two stories, one aspect that makes a difference for teams working on software projects.
An exploration into my history with PHP, NodeJs, Go & Elixir, what I've learned from each language and how it helped me to better understand that learning a single programming language is not enough any more.
