Personal blog on Software Engineering and System Intelligence
Understanding GeoJSON: A Complete Guide to Representing Geographic Data in JSON
In today’s data-driven world, location is everything — whether you’re building a mapping application, processing delivery routes, visualizing climate data, or t...
By Misbahul Munir
Interpreter Pattern: Defining a Grammar and Interpreting Language Rules
Some problems require you to evaluate or process sentences, expressions, or commands that follow a particular grammar or set of rules.
By Misbahul Munir
Visitor Pattern: Separating Operations from the Objects They Work On
Sometimes you want to **perform operations on objects of different types** without changing those object classes.
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Template Method Pattern: Defining the Steps, Letting Subclasses Fill in the Details
Sometimes you have an **algorithm with a fixed structure**, but certain steps of the process need to be defined or customized by subclasses.
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Iterator Pattern: Sequentially Accessing Elements Without Exposing the Structure
Sometimes you need to **traverse** a collection (like a list, tree, or database results) without exposing its underlying representation.
By Misbahul Munir
State Pattern: Changing Behavior When State Changes
In software, objects often behave differently depending on their current situation or **state**.
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Memento Pattern: Saving and Restoring Object State
When building software, sometimes we need the ability to “travel back in time.” Whether it’s undoing the last user action, reverting a configuration change, or ...
By Misbahul Munir
Mediator Pattern: Centralizing Communication Between Components
In many backend systems, different modules or services need to talk to each other.
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Chain of Responsibility Pattern: Passing the Request Along the Chain
Sometimes in backend systems, a request might have **multiple possible handlers**, and we don’t want the sender to know which one will actually process it.
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Command Pattern: Turning Requests into Reusable Objects
In the world of backend systems, requests to perform actions are everywhere — from executing a database migration, to scheduling a background job, to triggering...
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Observer Pattern: Keeping Everyone in the Loop
Welcome to the continuation of our **Design Pattern Series**. Having explored **Creational** and **Structural** patterns, we now dive into the **Behavioral** ca...
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Flyweight Pattern: Saving Memory with Shared Objects
## What is the Flyweight Pattern?
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Proxy Pattern: Controlling Access Like a Middleman
Sometimes, direct access to an object isn’t desirable or possible. You might want to add an **extra layer of control** — like validation, caching, lazy loading,...
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Bridge Pattern: Decoupling Abstraction from Implementation
In complex systems, tight coupling between **abstractions and their implementations** can create rigidity. What if you want to vary both **what you do** and **h...
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Composite Pattern: Treating Groups and Individuals the Same
In software design, complexity often arises not from individual parts but from how parts relate to each other — especially when **some parts contain other parts...
By Misbahul Munir
Facade Pattern: Simplifying Complex Systems
In the world of structural design patterns, the **Facade Pattern** stands out for its simplicity and power. It’s a pattern that promotes clean architecture by h...
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Adapter Pattern: Making Incompatible Interfaces Work Together
After finishing the creational patterns, we now enter the world of **structural patterns** — which are all about **how classes and objects are composed** to for...
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Prototype Pattern: Cloning Objects Like a Pro
We've reached the last creational pattern in this series! So far, we’ve explored Singleton, Factory, Abstract Factory, and Builder — each focused on **creating ...
By Misbahul Munir
Builder Pattern: Step-by-Step Object Construction
Welcome back to the design patterns series! So far, we’ve explored how to manage object creation using Singleton, Factory, and Abstract Factory. Today, we’ll co...
By Misbahul Munir
Abstract Factory Pattern: Factories Making Factories
So far, we’ve looked at Singleton, Factory, Strategy, and Decorator patterns—each solving specific design problems. Today, we’re zooming in on a creational patt...
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Decorator Pattern: Adding Features Without Changing the Core
After exploring how to flexibly swap behaviors using the Strategy Pattern, we now venture into one of the most elegant ways to **add functionality dynamically**...
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Strategy Pattern: Switching Algorithms at Runtime
So far in this series, we’ve explored the Singleton and Factory patterns—two of the most used creational patterns in backend development. In today’s post, we’re...
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Factory Pattern: Your Object Assembly Line
In our previous post, we explored the Singleton Pattern—a way to ensure a single instance of a class. Today, let’s dive into another classic and practical desig...
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Singleton Pattern: One Instance to Rule Them All
When building scalable and maintainable backend systems, one of the most powerful tools in your toolbox is **design patterns**. These are tried-and-tested solut...
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SOLID Principles in Depth: The Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP)
After breaking apart responsibilities, refining our abstractions, and aligning behaviors through the first four SOLID principles, we now reach the architectural...
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SOLID Principles in Depth: The Interface Segregation Principle (ISP)
As we reach the fourth letter of the **SOLID** acronym, we land on a principle that’s especially important in **microservices, SDK design, and modular backend a...
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SOLID Principles in Depth: The Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP)
Continuing our journey through the **SOLID principles** of object-oriented design, we now arrive at the **Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP)**—a concept that’s...
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SOLID Principles in Depth: The Open/Closed Principle (OCP)
In our journey through the SOLID principles of object-oriented design, we’ve explored the **Single Responsibility Principle (SRP)**—a foundation for clean and m...
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SOLID Principles in Depth: The Single Responsibility Principle (SRP)
In the world of software engineering, especially when working with **object-oriented design**, the **SOLID principles** serve as a timeless guide to building ma...
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Message Delivery Semantics in Event-Driven Architectures
In the world of **event-driven architecture (EDA)**, services communicate through events instead of direct API calls. This decoupling unlocks scalability, resil...
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The Outbox Pattern: Reliable Messaging in Microservices
In the world of microservices, where services are often distributed and loosely coupled, ensuring **reliable communication** between them is crucial. Especially...
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Rethinking Data: A Deep Dive into Event Sourcing in Software Engineering
Imagine this: you're managing a financial app, and a customer contacts support asking _"Why was my balance lower last Tuesday than on Monday?"_ With traditional...
By Misbahul Munir
Understanding CQRS in Software Engineering: A Practical Guide
As modern applications grow in complexity, traditional CRUD-based architectures can become bottlenecks—especially when you need to scale or maintain complex bus...
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Distributed Transactions: 2PC & Saga Pattern
In a **Microservices Architecture**, each service typically manages its own database to ensure **loose coupling and autonomy**. However, this creates a challeng...
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Database per Service: A Core Principle in Microservice Architecture
When transitioning from a monolith to microservices, the focus is often on decomposing services and enabling independent deployments. But there's one subtle — y...
By Misbahul Munir
Breaking the Monolith: A Pragmatic Guide to Microservices Migration
As products grow, so does complexity. Many engineering teams eventually face the challenge of migrating from a tightly coupled monolith to a distributed, micros...
By Misbahul Munir