architectureTop Ten Technology Trends for 2025
Observing technology trends by analysts, research companies, and thought leaders creates awareness and helps build a bro…
Ankur Kumar
Ankur is a technology enthusiast with 20+ years of experience in IT landscape. He started his journey as a programmer in 1998. Ankur not only enjoys the technology but also loves engaging as a leader with the team. His passion is to experiment with technology & new ideas, finding the way forward in challenging situations (loves troubleshooting), be the leader people want him to be (stands by the team for the team) and share the knowledge with the same passion. In his free time, he loves to read, watch thriller & action movies and sports (cricket & tennis). Ankur founded Vedcraft platform to share technology learning and experience in the area of software architecture and design.
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gen-aiBuilding Intelligent Apps with Agentic AI: Top Frameworks to Watch for in 2025
With the rise of Generative AI, 2025 is all set to extend the realm of building intelligent apps to accelerate productiv…
gen-aiKey Takeaways from State of AI Report 2024
For the last six years (starting in 2018), AI investors Nathan Benaich and Air Street Capital have consistently publishe…
architectureBuilding Gen AI Apps with Snowflake Cortex as a Foundational AI Platform
An illustrative blog with a reference application applying Snowflake Cortex With Generative AI in mainstream adoption, S…
architectureTop Ten Technology Trends for 2024
Observing technology trends by analysts, research companies, and thought leaders provides a broader perspective. It not …
platform-engineeringEvolution of In-memory database and in-memory data grid technology
Over the years in-memory computing has evolved and played a significant role in modern architecture primarily as part of…
tech-newsTop 5 Generative AI News You Should Know (Q1 2024)
#1 – Google’s launch of Gemini & Gemini 1.5 #2 – Microsoft’s Copilot Pro with AI-powered Product Suite #3 – OpenAI launc…
architectureTop 5 Open Source LLMs for Building Gen AI Enterprise Applications
Introduction Large Language Models (LLMs) do not need any introduction with the rise of its massive adoption in the indu…
cloudKey Takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2023 for Software Architects
AWS re:Invent 2023 has continued the tradition of being the most happening cloud computing technology event of the year.…
architectureKey Takeaways from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2023
Since its inception in 2015, the CNCF community has evolved as a global community supporting open source, and vendor-neu…
architectureElevate Your AI Journey with Amazon Bedrock: Unraveling The Key Features
Amazon Bedrock, which was announced in April 2023, has drawn a lot of attention from businesses looking to leverage thei…
tech-newsMeta launches Code Llama expanding Llama (AI Model) Capabilities
Meta released Code Llama, a large language model (LLM) that can use text prompts to generate and discuss code, on August…
tech-newsHashiCorp’s Licensing Shift to BSL Ignites Debate in the Open Source Community
HashiCorp announced on August 10, 2023, that they are adopting Business Source License from Mozilla Public License v2.0 …
gen-aiMicrosoft’s Partner Ecosystem: A Promising Outlook and Strong Belief with Generative AI and Cloud
Microsoft Ignite 2023, a conference aimed at expanding the partner ecosystem, just came to a close. Key announcements ha…
tech-newsStack Overflow announced Generative AI Capability to Boost Developer’s Productivity
Stack Overflow, which is the largest question-and-answer website for developers and technologists serving the community …
gen-aiChatGPT: Unleashing the Power of Customization for Enterprise Apps
With the rise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, there is a huge momentum to experiment, ideate, and create innovative solutions unlea…
architectureTop Microservices Frameworks in Go
This article is an effort to summarize the Top Microservices Frameworks in Go. Considering the flexibility in MSA (Micro…
cloudKey Takeaways from Azure Open Source Day 2023
Microsoft has organized an Azure Open Source Day on March 7, 2023. A key focus of the event was to promote building Clou…
cloudTop Ten Technology Trends for 2023
Observing technology trends by analysts, research companies, and thought leaders provides a broader perspective. It not …
architectureKey Takeaways from AWS reInvent 2022
AWS re:Invent 2022 (Nov 28 — Dec 2) has continued the tradition of being the most happening cloud computing technology e…
architecture2022 — The Year In Review From Technology Perspective
2022 has been a phenomenal year from a technology perspective accelerating the adoption of digital transformation across…
tech-tipsTech Tip #7 – Use Google Lighthouse For Improving Quality of Web Pages
Tech Tip: Google Lighthouse (an open source tool) is an automated tool to measure and improve the quality of web pages. …
architectureKey Takeaways from Google Cloud Next 2022
Along with significant product announcements, Google Cloud Next 2022 showed the company’s expanding customer base and pa…
architectureSystem Design Mind Map For Building Distributed Systems
System design is foundational for building software architecture in relation to the system under consideration. For buil…
architectureSpring Framework Ecosystem for Serverless, Microservices, Event-driven, Reactive Systems
Spring Framework, released almost two decades ago, has progressively established itself as a de facto standard for build…
architecture3 Emerging Technologies Redefining Application Architecture
Technology is an evolving field and while I published a separate article on a broader set of technologies getting moment…
architectureTechnology Trends and Updates To Know in API Management Ecosystem
With the evolution of enterprise application integration, APIs are the most common interface to exposing functionalities…
architectureThe Latest Trends in Serverless Application Development
Serverless computing has established itself in mainstream adoption and started appearing in the technology roadmap for e…
cloudKey Takeaways From Google Data Cloud Summit 2022
Google organized the Google Data Cloud Summit 2022 conference sharing product announcements, data products’ strategy and…
architecture5 Lessons Learned From Applying Kubernetes In The Enterprise
Kubernetes is no longer a technology under consideration — it is in mainstream adoption and an industry-standard as a co…
architectureCloud Native Is The New Architecture Mantra For Core Banking Solutions
As Cloud-Native technologies are in mainstream adoption, financial services and core banking products have started adopt…
cloudTop Ten Technology Trends For 2022
Observing technology trends by analysts, research companies, and thought leaders provides a broader perspective. It not …
architectureWhy caching and in-memory data grid is no longer an afterthought
Evolution of Caching Technologies In an early stage, caching started with simply putting data into memory (mostly as loc…
architecture5 Steps You Should Know About Building Cloud Solution Architecture on Azure Cloud
Microsoft Azure is one of the fastest-rising cloud solution providers and with their enriched history of building produc…
tech-tipsTech Tip #6 – Use C4Model for documenting software architecture in a modern way
Tech Tip: Using C4Model for documenting software architecture in a modern way using the technique created by a software …
architecture5 Books Every Software Architect Should Read
This article starts with selecting 5 books every software architect should read as part of their career journey. These b…
tech-tipsTech Tip #5 – Use Industry Standards And Guidelines For Documenting And Evaluating Software Architecture
Tech Tip: Using industry standards and guidelines for documenting and evaluating software architecture provides consiste…
architectureTop AWS reInvent 2021 Takeaways for Architects
AWS re:Invent 2021 (Nov 29 – Dec 3, 2021) has been the key highlight in the technology community particularly after the …
tech-tipsTech Tip #4 – Use Lens IDE as a unified tool to manage Kubernetes cluster
Abstraction, flexibility, transparency, and avoiding vendor lock-in are key factors in choosing the suitable Kubernetes …
architectureTop 10 Things to Know About Security As A Software Architect
With the rise of security attacks and vulnerabilities, every software architect should focus on security considerations …
tech-tipsTech Tip #3 – Understand DevOps ecosystem to apply trending patterns
Understanding DevOps ecosystem and related CI/CD tools to automate manual operations and apply trending patterns like Gi…
architectureKey Takeaways from CNCF KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2021
CNCF has recently wrapped up a virtual conference (KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021) with 50+ sessions by eng…
tech-tipsTechnology Tip #2 – Use dive as a tool for optimizing Docker or OCI image
Use dive as a tool for optimizing and exploring a Docker image, layer contents, and discovering ways to shrink the size …
architectureHow to apply user-centered design as a Software Architect?
Often as a software architect, the focus is on technology and related software delivery areas. However, awareness and kn…
tech-tipsTechnology Tip #1 – Use Vegeta as a Modern Load Testing Tool
Use Vegeta as a modern HTTP load testing tool written in Golang. It is built out of a need to drill HTTP services with a…
architectureTop 10 Tips You Should Know As A Modern Software Architect
With fast-paced technology evolution, software architecture is evolving each day with new patterns and technology choice…
architectureKey Takeaways from SpringOne 2021 Developer Conference
SpringOne is a conference organized by VMWare (earlier Pivotal) is the premier conference for developers and architects …
cloudModern Technical Buzzwords You Should Know As A Software Architect
With the fast-paced technology landscape, there are modern technical buzzwords every software architect encounters on a …
architectureAre you an API Architect? Apply these standards for defining Event-driven and RESTful APIs
With the rise of Cloud, Microservices, and Cloud-native technologies, API development is one of the key focus areas for …
cloudAccelerate Your Cloud Migration Journey With Cloud Assessment Technology
Context Cloud migration is the top priority for IT executives as per the survey by leading research firms. Gartner (in t…
architectureEssential Engineering Skills For Every Software Architect
As a software architect in today’s world, expectations of essential engineering craft have increased drastically with th…
platform-engineeringSolution Options for Choosing the Right Kubernetes Management Strategy
The emergence of Kubernetes as an industry standard for container orchestration platforms is recognized as one of the ke…
architectureEvolution of Microservices Frameworks & Services (API) Development in Java
In continuation to the previous article on Top Microservices Frameworks in Java, the evolution of Java frameworks with s…
architectureEngineering Blogs Every Software Architect Should Read
As a Software Architect, being aware and gaining broader context is a table-stakes in the current environment. But with …
cloudSUSE Is All About Enterprise Linux, Kubernetes, And Edge Computing
SUSECON has been concluded recently (May 18-20) with 50+ sessions in the area of Enterprise Linux, Kubernetes, and Edge …
cloudKey Takeaways From Google I/O 2021 Keynote
Google I/O 2021 keynote session led by Sundar Pichai (CEO) on May 18 revealed many product updates, innovation stories, …
cloudRise Of Cloud Native With CNCF Ecosystem
CNCF has recently wrapped up a virtual conference (KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2021) with 50+ sessions by engineerin…
tech-trendsAdobe Is All About Experience Management (Adobe Summit 2021)
Adobe Summit 2021 has been the talk of the town with 400+ sessions focused on Experience Platform, Analytics, Insights &…
platform-engineeringRedis Is Not Just Caching Platform (RedisConf 2021)
RedisConf 2021 has been concluded on Apr 4th with 60+ sessions focused on using Redis as technology to discover the powe…
architectureTop Microservices Frameworks In Java
This article is an effort to summarize the Top Microservices Frameworks in Java and is listed in no particular priority …
architectureSoftware Quality Strategy Is Essential For Every Architect
Ensuring software quality is one of the key performance indicators for a software architect. That’s why having a strateg…
platform-engineeringElastic Emergence As A Search And Observability Platform
Elastic has recently organized ElasticON virtual conference for North America (on 25th Mar 2021). While this article sum…
tech-trendsWhen to adopt an emerging technology?
As a software architect, you need to make a choice when to adopt emerging technology. As suggested by research companies…
learning-pathsLinux Commands Every Architect Should Know
Linux is pervasive in software deployment architecture, and being a hands-on technologist with Linux helps in various wa…
learning-pathsFree Docker & Kubernetes Courses For Application Architects
As a full-stack architect, understanding and being hands-on with Docker & Kubernetes helps you to drive end-to-end archi…
architectureTop Ten Metrics You Need To Measure Productivity
Follow @ankurkumarz Follow @VedcraftTeam Measuring & tracking the progress of any program is key to success as quoted in…
tech-trendsEmerging Open Source IoT Platforms You Should Not Miss
Follow @ankurkumarz Follow @VedcraftTeam With the rise of the Internet of Things, there is an increasing focus on open s…
architectureTop Ten Technology Trends For 2021
Based on reports published by research companies like Gartner, Forrester, Bain, Deloitte, there are numerous technology …
architectureLessons Learned from AWS Services Outage (Nov 2020)
Context, Analysis & Impact Amazon’s internet infrastructure service experienced a multi-hour outage on Wednesday that af…
architectureDon’t Reinvent for Cloud Migration or Adoption Framework
When it comes to cloud migration or adoption, often organizations get into the practice of building a cloud migration fr…
learning-paths5 Factors A New-Age Software Developer Should Strive For
As the software industry is evolving rapidly so as the environment, technologies, and expectations from a new age softwa…
architecture5 Reports Every Software Architect Should Read
#1 – Google’s Accelerate State of DevOps Report Google’s research division has partnered with DORA (DevOps Research and …
architectureDon’t Miss These Critical Success Factors For API Management Using MuleSoft
As an enterprise API management solution, MuleSoft has been consistently recognized as a leader by research firms like G…
architectureWhy & How To Get Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Certified In 4 Weeks
Why To Get Azure Fundamentals? If you are using Azure Cloud, then this question becomes irrelevant. But if you are using…
certificationsDon’t miss these learning about Cloud Governance using AWS Organizations
AWS Organizations (launched in 2017) is a key governance & management service if you are using AWS as a cloud service pr…
architecture3 Simple Tricks Every Architect Should Know About Twelve-Factor App
Twelve-factor app, introduced by Heroku, became a popular reference as principles in building cloud-native or software-a…
architectureIntroduction to Software Architecture
If you are starting your journey as a software architect, getting to know the fundamentals of software architecture as p…
architectureTop 10 Tools You Should Know For Software Architecture and Design Diagrams
As a software architect, the future or current state of architecture and design need to be well-documented to align key …
architectureStandards and Guidelines for Software Architecture
As a software architect, it is important to understand available industry standards to increase your breadth of knowledg…
certifications5 Steps for AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification
AWS has launched new version of AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate SAA-C02) in March 2020 and based on my jou…
architecture5 Tips On Creating Effective Physical/Deployment Architecture For Cloud
In continuation with our series on empowering seasoned developers to be successful & informed software architects, this …
architecture5 Tips for Creating Effective Logical Architecture
A logical architecture helps to visualize and communicate the application’s logical & functional components and depicts …
architectureJourney from a software developer to a software architect
As a developer, there are many challenges and you solve them by applying many techniques such as refactoring, multi-thre…