From e66db99630519dd04538e8a1d7d163f2a852fa23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 08:35:26 -0300 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] New book review: Microservices In Action --- .../reviews/books/microservices-in-action.md | 51 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/reviews/books/microservices-in-action.md diff --git a/content/reviews/books/microservices-in-action.md b/content/reviews/books/microservices-in-action.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..83b9ae3 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/books/microservices-in-action.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ ++++ +title = "Microservices In Action - Morgan Bruce" +date = 2019-08-13 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["books", "en-au", "reviews", "microservices", "morgan bruce"] ++++ + +[GoodReads summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36579817-microservices-in-action): +Microservices in Action is a practical book about building and deploying +microservice-based applications. Written for developers and architects with a +solid grasp of service-oriented development, it tackles the challenge of +putting microservices into production. You'll begin with an in-depth overview +of microservice design principles, building on your knowledge of traditional +systems. Then, you'll start creating a reliable road to production. You'll +explore examples using Kubernetes, Docker, and Google Container Engine as you +learn to build clusters and maintain them after deployment. Throughout this +rich, experience-driven book, you'll move through real-world use cases +including a continuous delivery pipeline, production monitoring, and practical +techniques for scaling and maintaining a healthy system. + + + +{{ stars(stars=2) }} + +For an "In Action" title, there is very little "Action" going on. Not that the +book lacks information: There is plenty of theoretical information, although a +lot is hidden in "cohesive" adjectives: "If you do this, the service will not +be cohesive", "doing so will make it more cohesive"... and what the author +means by "cohesive" is never explained -- I'd ask the author to replace every +reference to cohesive with a proper explanation. + +Also, there are a lot of images. Not that images by themselves is bad, but when +they are used for the obvious, it really irks me -- specially 'cause I read +those books on a "black background with white letters" and images do not fit +that properly, using a white background that usually just hurts my eyes. And by +"used for the obvious", there are images follow the description of "A and B +communicate with C" and a large image showing "A --> C <-- B"; was that really +necessary? + +The intro says the code is in Python, and that was something that I'd really +like to see. There is very little code in this book and the parts shown are +basically "look at this library" instead of focusing on what it really does; a +library for retrying is nice and all, but would it be so hard to write the +code, even if that code would be somewhat longer, to show the point you're +trying to make instead of being just an example of a library? + +Speaking of code, there is also a long discussion about deploying +microservices, which is a good thing, but the author decided that it would use +Google Cloud Platform and every single explanation focuses more on how to +deploy on GCP instead of actually discussing deployment. From 21d611060334510438525294e03d9846423f7c68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:42:54 -0300 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] new book review: dragon's winter --- content/reviews/books/dragons-winter.md | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/reviews/books/dragons-winter.md diff --git a/content/reviews/books/dragons-winter.md b/content/reviews/books/dragons-winter.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a1ff99f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/books/dragons-winter.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ ++++ +title = "Dragon's Winter - Elizabeth A. Lynn" +date = 2019-08-14 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["en-au", "books", "reviews", "fantasy", "elizabeth a lynn"] ++++ + +[Goodreads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22746453-dragon-s-winter): +Karadur and Tenjiro are twin sons of Kojiro Antani, the dragon lord of Ippa. +But only Karadur, whose name means "fire-bringer," bears the blood of the +dragon in his veins. His younger brother, Tenjiro or "Heaven's hope," was +second out of the womb and is the weakest and smallest of the two. As the +twins grow to maturity, Karadur is anxious to attain the promise of his blood +and transform into the dragon he is capable of becoming. But Tenjiro, who +bears the scars of Karadur's claws, resents his older brother and, on the eve +of Karadur's transformation, steals the talisman that makes the change +possible. That same night he disappears, fleeing to a distant, icy realm where +he will reemerge as a powerful wizard bent on destroying his older brother. +But Karadur, lord of Dragon Keep, is prepared to go to war against Tenjiro, +and it's likely only one will survive. --Craig Engler (less) + + + +{{ stars(stars=3) }} + +A fantasy book with changelings, a feud between brothers and a medieval +setting. + +The problem? It is too cliché. + +Sure it's a simple read, but the amount of clichés, like the big baddie, the +corruption of a character by some supernatural power, the character with an +immense power that he needs to learn how to control, even the freaking "let me +build a character you'll cheer for and I'll kill them" is there.