# https amzn (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover https amzn. Page: Feed: --- ## [An Introduction to Monitoring Design: From Purpose to SLIs](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/monitoring-design-guide/) _2026-08-20 · bmf-tech_ Start from "what signals can the monitoring tool capture" and you easily end up with plenty of alerts that nobody can act on. This article reframes the purpose of monitoring as decision-making, then l... ## [Designing Engineering Management as a "Deck"](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/engineering-management-as-a-deck/) _2026-08-13 · bmf-tech_ # Introduction ## [Prompt Engineering for LLMs](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/prompt-engineering-for-llms/) _2026-07-28 · bmf-tech_ I read \[Prompt Engineering for LLMs\](https://amzn.to/3TmcN4h). ## [Good Code, Bad Code](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/good-code-bad-code/) _2026-07-28 · bmf-tech_ I read \[Good Code, Bad Code\](https://amzn.to/44Xjuwa). ## [Context Engineering](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/context-engineering/) _2026-07-28 · bmf-tech_ I read \[Context Engineering\](https://amzn.to/4fCkdHR). ## [Thinking in Systems: A Primer](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/thinking-in-systems/) _2026-07-28 · bmf-tech_ I read \[Thinking in Systems: A Primer\](https://amzn.to/4wmhbyF). ## [Beyond Vibe Coding](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/beyond-vibe-coding/) _2026-07-28 · bmf-tech_ I read \[Beyond Vibe Coding\](https://amzn.to/4pRepze). ## [Hands-On API Learning](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/api-hands-on-learning/) _2026-07-28 · bmf-tech_ I read \[Hands-On API Learning\](https://amzn.to/3Tp7EIL). ## [How to Craft an Engineering Strategy](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/engineering-strategy/) _2026-07-28 · bmf-tech_ I read \[How to Craft an Engineering Strategy\](https://amzn.to/3RCnVcz). ## [Simplicity: Sustainable, Humane, and Effective Software Development](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/simplicity/) _2026-07-28 · bmf-tech_ I read \[Simplicity: Sustainable, Humane, and Effective Software Development\](https://amzn.to/4x7sD1k). ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cLEs8ylpTCrg) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/the-book-you-wish-your-parents-had-read/) _2026-07-28 · bmf-tech_ I read \[The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read\](https://amzn.to/4x58qsP). ## [The Work of a Senior Engineering Leader](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/senior-engineering-leader/) _2026-07-28 · bmf-tech_ I read \[The Work of a Senior Engineering Leader\](https://amzn.to/4wYFMJY). ## [Where Should You Store SPA Tokens? A BFF + Session Authentication Design](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/spa-token-storage-bff/) _2026-07-16 · bmf-tech_ # Overview ## [What is the Big Picture of Service-to-Service Authentication? mTLS, Token Exchange, SPIFFE, and Zero Trust](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/service-to-service-authentication/) _2026-07-15 · bmf-tech_ # Overview ## [What are Sender-Constrained Tokens? An Introduction to mTLS (RFC 8705) and DPoP (RFC 9449)](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/sender-constrained-tokens-mtls-dpop/) _2026-07-14 · bmf-tech_ # Overview ## [What is Dynamic Client Registration (DCR)? An Introduction to RFC 7591 and 7592](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/dynamic-client-registration/) _2026-07-13 · bmf-tech_ # Overview ## [OIDC Logout and Security Event Token (SET)](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/oidc-logout-security-event-token/) _2026-07-12 · bmf-tech_ # Overview ## [Access Token Validation and Revocation: Introspection, JWT AT, and Revocation](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/access-token-validation-revocation/) _2026-07-11 · bmf-tech_ # Overview ## [What are OpenID Connect Discovery and Metadata? Auto-configuration and Key Retrieval](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/oidc-discovery-metadata/) _2026-07-10 · bmf-tech_ # Overview ## [What is OAuth 2.1? Changes from OAuth 2.0 and the Security BCP (RFC 9700)](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/oauth-2-1-security-bcp/) _2026-07-09 · bmf-tech_ # Overview ## [Screen Share With Real Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/f9xLicd5xzaC) _2026-07-08 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control — open source, like Screenhero. ## [What is JOSE? An Overview of JWT, JWS, JWE, JWK, and JWA](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/jose-overview/) _2026-07-08 · bmf-tech_ # Overview ## [Reading Platform Engineering Through Systems Thinking](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/platform-engineering-and-systems-thinking/) _2026-06-29 · bmf-tech_ ## Why This Lens ## [Systems Thinking Basics: Seeing the World as Stocks and Feedback](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/systems-thinking-basics/) _2026-06-29 · bmf-tech_ Many problems resist us. A fix backfires, or a symptom returns once the cause looks gone. Systems thinking is a way to handle these stubborn problems. ## [Maybe Postgres Is Enough: Check Postgres Before Adding Another Database](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/maybe-postgres-is-enough/) _2026-06-29 · bmf-tech_ # Overview You add Redis for caching, Elasticsearch for search, and Sidekiq for jobs, and soon your app depends on many datastores. Each one needs its own deployment, backup, monitoring, and incident ... ## [Comparing API Styles: REST, GraphQL, gRPC, Webhooks, WebSocket, and Messaging](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/api-styles-comparison/) _2026-06-27 · bmf-tech_ # Introduction 'API' covers more than one communication style. ## [Comparing Real-Time Web Communication: Polling, SSE, WebSocket, WebRTC, and WebTransport](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/realtime-web-communication-comparison/) _2026-06-27 · bmf-tech_ # Introduction On the web, you often need to push data from server to client right away. ## [Search](https://bmf-tech.com/search/) _2026-06-27 · bmf-tech_ ## [Cryptography Fundamentals: Symmetric, Asymmetric, One-Way Functions, Hashing, and Digital Signatures](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/cryptography-fundamentals/) _2026-06-25 · bmf-tech_ # Introduction HTTPS, SSH, and JWT all rest on cryptography for their security. ## [When to Use GraphQL: Adoption Criteria and Trade-offs](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/graphql-when-to-use/) _2026-06-25 · bmf-tech_ # Overview GraphQL is a query language for APIs that lets a client fetch exactly the data it needs, in the shape it needs. This article organizes GraphQL at the level you need to make an adoption deci... ## [Cryptography in Practice: TLS, JWT, and SSH](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/cryptography-in-practice/) _2026-06-25 · bmf-tech_ # Introduction This is Part 3, the final part of the cryptography series. ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WifvvzepPbQa) _2026-06-24 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [When to Use gRPC: Adoption Criteria and Trade-offs](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/grpc-when-to-use/) _2026-06-25 · bmf-tech_ # Overview gRPC is an RPC framework from Google that has gained traction for service-to-service communication. This article organizes gRPC at the level you need to make an adoption decision: when to c... ## [Key Exchange and PKI: Diffie-Hellman, Certificates, and Certificate Authorities](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/cryptography-key-exchange-and-pki/) _2026-06-25 · bmf-tech_ # Introduction This is Part 2 of the cryptography series. ## [Three Uses of a Public Key: Signing, Encryption, and Key Exchange](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/public-key-three-uses/) _2026-06-25 · bmf-tech_ # Introduction Modern authentication and security, including HTTPS, SSH, JWT, and passkeys, rest on public-key cryptography. ## [What is sqlc? A Practical Introduction to Type-Safe SQL in Go](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/sqlc-introduction-golang/) _2026-06-24 · bmf-tech_ # Overview When you work with SQL in Go, the standard \`database/sql\` package forces you to write a lot of boilerplate, while an ORM hides mistakes until runtime. sqlc fills the gap between these two a... ## [What Is the TCP Three-Way Handshake?](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/tcp-three-way-handshake/) _2026-06-23 · bmf-tech_ # What Is the Three-Way Handshake? The three-way handshake is the procedure where a client and a server establish a connection before they start communicating over TCP. Through three packets (SYN → SY... ## [Comparing Data Transformation Methods: Encoding, Serialization, Encryption, Hashing, Compression, Compilation, and Parsing](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/data-transformation-methods/) _2026-06-23 · bmf-tech_ # Introduction 'Data transformation' covers a lot of ground, and the goals vary widely. ## [Comparing API Versioning Strategies: Path, Query, Header, and Payload](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/api-versioning-strategies/) _2026-06-22 · bmf-tech_ This post compares four common approaches to API versioning. ## [What Is EventStorming](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/event-storming-introduction/) _2026-06-16 · bmf-tech_ # Overview ## [What Is AI-DLC (AI-Driven Development Life Cycle)?](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/ai-driven-development-life-cycle/) _2026-06-15 · bmf-tech_ ## Introduction ## [If You Want Managed Certificates for an Internal LB's HTTPS, the Domain Must Live in Public DNS](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/internal-lb-tls-dns-strategy/) _2026-06-11 · bmf-tech_ While designing a setup to secure internal VPC traffic (a call from one app to another app's internal API) with HTTPS, I wondered: 'Couldn't the certificate's domain just be a private domain handed ou... ## [bmf as a Service](https://bmf-tech.com/bmf-as-a-service/) _2026-05-23 · bmf-tech_ A list of services I offer as an individual. All requests go through the contact form. ## [Into the World of Systems Thinking: For Software Engineers Who Keep Thinking in an Increasingly Complex Era](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/thinking-in-systems-for-software-engineers/) _2026-05-22 · bmf-tech_ \[Into the World of Systems Thinking: For Software Engineers Who Keep Thinking in an Increasingly Complex Era\](https://amzn.to/3RoYuuK) is a book I read. ## [Production-Ready Microservices: Building Standardized Systems Across an Engineering Organization](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/production-ready-microservices/) _2026-05-22 · bmf-tech_ \[Production-Ready Microservices: Building Standardized Systems Across an Engineering Organization\](https://amzn.to/4wK5aUk) is a book I read. ## [Accidental Complexity and the Absence of Decision Records](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/accidental-complexity-and-missing-decision-records/) _2026-05-21 · bmf-tech_ ## Introduction ## [My Career Vision as of May 2026](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/career-vision-2026-may/) _2026-05-13 · bmf-tech_ # Introduction ## [Three Common Patterns for Distributed Transactions — 2PC, Saga, and Outbox](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/distributed-transaction-patterns-2pc-saga-outbox/) _2026-05-13 · bmf-tech_ Once you adopt microservices, you almost inevitably run into the question: \*\*how do you keep writes consistent when they span multiple databases, or span a database and a message broker?\*\* This articl... ## [Product Management in Practice, 2nd Edition](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/product-management-in-practice-second-edition/) _2026-04-29 · bmf-tech_ \[I read Product Management in Practice, 2nd Edition\](https://amzn.to/4efiHwy). ## [Architecture Modernization: Socio-technical alignment of software, strategy, and structure](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/architecture-modernization/) _2026-04-29 · bmf-tech_ \[I read the Japanese edition of Architecture Modernization by Nick Tune et al.\](https://amzn.to/4w4239F) (originally published by Manning). ## [パスキーのすべて: Adoption, UX Design, and Implementation](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/passkeys-adoption-ux-implementation/) _2026-04-29 · bmf-tech_ \[I read パスキーのすべて ―導入・UX設計・実装\](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4297146533). ## [The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists](https://bmf-tech.com/posts/the-crux-strategy/) _2026-04-28 · bmf-tech_ \[I read The Crux\](https://amzn.to/4eaGfTa).