Engineering / Open resources
Applied glossary
Concepts explained using examples from this portfolio.
Idempotency
Repeating an operation with the same identity should not duplicate its business effect.
Backpressure
Controlling work admission when consumers cannot keep up with producers.
Multi-tenant
One application serves different organizations while isolating data and permissions.
Row-Level Security
Database policies limit which rows an identity can read or change.
Dead-letter queue
A destination for messages that exhausted retries, supporting diagnosis and controlled replay.
Architecture decision record
A short document records context, choice and consequences of a technical decision.