The 14th and 15th of October, @basmasking.bsky.social and I will be back in Trondheim for the 2026 edition of #Containerkonferansen ⭐ After giving a talk there last year, we've been invited back to give our new hands-on workshop: Building Schrödinger's App! Really looking forward to it!

Just attended an interesting talk by @petermasking.bsky.social at #Basta. They built a tool (Jitar) that can let you develop as a monolith, and deploy in Kubernetes in production. I think it's JS only, interesting nonetheless. github.com/MaskingTechn...

GitHub - MaskingTechnology/jitar: Distributed runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript

Distributed runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. Contribute to MaskingTechnology/jitar development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Finally found the time to open-source and publish our design system, which we use for quickly building simple UIs. 👉 github.com/MaskingTechn...

A new "Getting Started with Jitar" video is out! 🥳 In this video, we show how to secure a full-stack application running on Jitar using its built-in security features and middleware. #fullstack #security #webapplications #softwarearchitecture #softwaredevelopment

Getting Started | Secure a Full-Stack App With Jitar

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"Now we have AI, do we still need to hire experienced developers?" With modern tools everyone can "code". Within the right context, that's perfectly fine. Outside that context, it's a risk. [graphic created by author with GenHI] #hiring #developers #ai #vibecoding

Just released the next "Getting started with Jitar" video 🥳 In this video, we show how to scale a full-stack application using nothing but configuration, thanks to Jitar’s services. Scaling your app has never been this simple. #fullstack #softwarearchitecture #softwaredevelopment #scalabilitytrap

Getting Started | Scale a Full-Stack App with Jitar

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We’re turning our trainings into online courses! This video introduces our practical course on microservices—cutting through the hype and confusion to show how they really work. #microservices #softwarearchitecture #courses #learning

Introduction of our pratical course on microservices

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We've just released the getting started video of Jitar, explaining the installation and creating a scalable full-stack app from a template.

Getting Started | Create a Scalable Full-Stack App With Jitar

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We've just released the introduction video of Jitar, explaining what it is and what value it brings.

Jitar | The Runtime for Scalable Full-Stack Apps

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We've finished the second iteration of our product video about Jitar. Have fun watching! #fullstack #microservices #applicationdevelopment

@petermasking.bsky.social and I are creating a new version of our #jitar introduction video. It's fully generated from Google Slides with a few #python scripts that transforms the slides into an animation and add a voice-over using #ai This is what we have so far...

Yesterday, @basmasking.bsky.social and I returned from the What The Stack Conference (@wts.rocks) in Skopje, carrying home great memories and new connections. 🙏 The audience was full of energy, which made it a real pleasure to speak to them, even right after a fantastic lunch!

Today's animation: "Jitar provides tools for cutting full-stack monolithic applications into distributable bundles based on configuration, and deploying them across web browsers and servers."

Continuing animation: zooming into the runtime to see inside.

Working on the introduction video of Jitar 😀

I love abstractions, but I also fear them. Good ones reduce complexity, while bad ones add it. Telling them apart isn’t always easy, so avoidance is the widely accepted guideline. Since I couldn’t find a practical, unified source, I decided to create one. levelup.gitconnected.com/cut-the-abst...

Cut The Abstractions, Software is Not a Piece of Art

A pragmatic guide to the true art of building scalable and maintainable systems.

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The fifth (and final) part of my article series "The Anatomy of a Distributed Runtime", is now available! This part ties everything together and ties up all loose ends. javascript.plainenglish.io/the-anatomy-...

The Anatomy of a Distributed JavaScript Runtime | Part V — Consolidation and conclusions

Can an application be a monolith and microservices at the same time? Spoiler alert: yes

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The fourth part of my article series, "The Anatomy of a Distributed Runtime," is now available! In this part, I explain how the execution process discussed in the previous part is encapsulated by services that enable distribution. javascript.plainenglish.io/the-anatomy-...

The Anatomy of a Distributed JavaScript Runtime | Part IV — Distributing applications

Can an application be a monolith and microservices at the same time? Spoiler alert: yes

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Just created my first scale-when-needed full-stack app example with server-side rendering using @solidjs.com and Jitar. Aside from the manual build steps (which I'll automate), this combination is very powerful! The evidence: github.com/petermasking...

The third part of my article series, "The Anatomy of a Distributed Runtime," has just been published! In this part, I explain how the distributable bundles discussed in the previous part are loaded and executed. javascript.plainenglish.io/the-anatomy-...

The Anatomy of a Distributed JavaScript Runtime | Part III

Can an application be a monolith and microservices at the same time? Spoiler alert: yes

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🤩 Meet @petermasking.bsky.social A software architect and full-stack developer with over 20 years of experience. Peter helps companies build cost-efficient, future-proof applications. A frequent speaker at tech events across Europe, you can now catch him live in Skopje at What The Stack!

Today in the airport bus I shot this picture for @kevlin.bsky.social day. A few days late, but still worth it in my opinion. #kevlinhenneyday

As of now, the second part of my article series "The Anatomy of a Distributed Runtime" is also live! In this part, I explain how we split monolithic applications into distributable bundles. javascript.plainenglish.io/the-anatomy-...

The Anatomy of a Distributed JavaScript Runtime | Part II

Can an application be a monolith and microservices at the same time? Spoiler alert: yes

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Working on Windows compatibility for our Jitar runtime. And after some work, the first results look promising! #jitar #developer #windows

I'm wrapping up a series of articles diving into the technical nitty-gritty of our distributed JavaScript runtime. The first part is now live! javascript.plainenglish.io/the-anatomy-...

The Anatomy of a Distributed JavaScript Runtime | Part I

Can an application be a monolith and microservices at the same time? Spoiler alert: yes

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Just finished the slides for my talk at the Tech Internals Conference on May 26th in Berlin!

Next month, I'll be speaking at the @javascriptcon.bsky.social in the beautiful city of London! 🥳 I couldn't be happier—this is the conference for fullstack JavaScript development, making my talk, "𝗗𝗲𝗳𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗿ö𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗽" a perfect fit. Hope to see you there!

It's always fun to look at old commit messages 😂 Can you still remember what you were working on 10 years ago?

“𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗗𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴?” I Asked. “𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴” Last night I gave the first part of our "AI for Developers" workshop that includes a little vibe coding. One of the attendees wasn't able to install anything, so he paired up with his neighbor. Not sure if I caught them at the right moment 😂

Wrapping up the second part of my article series, "The Anatomy of a Distributed Runtime" on how to build a distributable monolith—with this pertinent quote from @simonbrown.je