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๐Ÿ”ธ15 Years of Professional Experience ๐Ÿ”ธ3 Startups Launched from Scratch to Finish ๐Ÿ”ธ50+ Projects Deployed to Production on Time Hello! My name is Michael. I'm a .NET solution architect with 15 years of experience. During my exciting tech journey, I have worked on dozens of projects in various industries including Transportation, Automotive, E-Travel, and Insurance. My roles have spanned numerous positions, including: โ–ธ CTO โ–ธ Tech Lead โ–ธ Full Stack Developer โ–ธ Solution Architect โ–ธ DevOps Engineer โ–ธ Project Manager โ–ธ Recruiter โ–ธ Mentor I have a clear understanding of every step that needs to be taken from the first draft written on a bunch of sticky notes to the sophisticated web platform deployed to production. ๐Ÿ”ธGuiding businesses through the maze of modern technology I'm passionate about building complex systems, whether it's a brand-new product requiring construction from scratch or a large legacy system in need of modernization and cloud migration. I understand that when it comes to technical implementation, businesses must navigate through uncertainty, facing an immense diversity of possible technical solutions. It's easy to get lost in this digital ocean of modern technologies and become overwhelmed by the challenges that arise. My role is to eliminate all questions related to technical implementation so that my clients can concentrate on their core business goals. During my IT journey, I've gathered a repository of practical insights. This equips me with a keen understanding of the common pitfalls that teams might encounter and how to deftly navigate around them. ๐Ÿ”ธPhilosophy and Superpower Throughout my career, I've been reassured many times that โ€œthe best is the enemy of the goodโ€. In my work, I adhere to this philosophy by keeping things simple and clear, guided by the principles of KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) and YAGNI (You Ain't Gonna Need It). This doesn't mean sacrificing quality for speed and functionality; it's all about balance. There's no one-size-fits-all approach to achieving this balance, as it depends on many factors and varies from project to project. Feeling and wisely implementing this balance is vital. That's why I regard intuition as my superpower. By harnessing the power of my intuition, I can pinpoint the most efficient and effective approaches, saving time and resources for both my clients and the development team. ๐Ÿ”ธSoftwisery - My Company I also run a software development and consulting company called Softwisery. The company focuses on premium quality solutions for SMBs. Thanks for learning about me!

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๐Ÿ“ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. We've all been there. You start with a simple requirement, then spend weeks building the "perfect" solution that handles every possible edge case. Here are the warning signs: ๐Ÿ. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ - If you don't have at least 3 real examples, you're probably solving imaginary problems. ๐Ÿ. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ - When the config file is longer than the actual implementation, something's wrong. ๐Ÿ‘. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‚๐‘๐”๐ƒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง - Sometimes a simple function is all you need. ๐Ÿ’. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐Ÿ-๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ - The time spent evaluating could have solved the actual problem. ๐Ÿ“. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ - "We might need this in the future" is the enemy of shipping today. ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ. Perfect is the enemy of good, and good enough is often exactly what your users need right now. Your future self will thank you for solving today's problems today, not tomorrow's hypothetical ones. What's your biggest overengineering mistake? Share your story below! ๐Ÿ‘‡ #softwarearchitecture #softwaredevelopment #problemsolving


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    ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ˆ๐’๐’ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. Keep It Simple, Stupid isn't about dumbing things down - it's about building systems that work. Here's how KISS transforms software development: ๐Ÿ”ธ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐›๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง Don't architect for theoretical problems. Solve today's needs with tomorrow's maintainability in mind. That fancy microservices pattern? Maybe start with a well-structured monolith. ๐Ÿ”ธ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ Every layer of abstraction you add is potential technical debt. Each design pattern can turn into a burden on future developers. Ask yourself: "Is this solving a real problem or feeding my ego?" ๐Ÿ”ธ ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ When systems break - and they will - simple architectures are faster to debug, easier to fix, and cheaper to maintain. Complex systems fail in complex ways. ๐Ÿ”ธ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ New developers can contribute to simple codebases in days, not months. Simple designs mean faster onboarding and fewer mistakes. The truth? Simple doesn't mean simplistic. It means deliberate choices that prioritize clarity over cleverness. Share your favorite example of KISS in action! ๐Ÿ‘‡ #softwarearchitecture #softwaredevelopment #problemsolving


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      ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ. After building three startups from scratch and seeing countless codebases evolve, I've learned something crucial: You cannot architect a perfect domain model from day one. Here's what I've learned: ๐Ÿ”ธ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž - That "messy" code got your product to market and validated your business. Stop apologizing for pragmatic choices that served their purpose. ๐Ÿ”ธ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ - What started as a simple user management system now needs multi-tenancy, complex roles, and audit trails. Your architecture should grow with your understanding of the business. ๐Ÿ”ธ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  - The most powerful improvements happen when you discover hidden domain concepts lurking in procedural code. Suddenly, everything clicks into place. ๐Ÿ”ธ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ - Small, iterative improvements are cheaper than massive overhauls. Teams that normalize refactoring ship faster because they've learned to change code confidently. Your domain model is a learning tool, not a finished product. Stop treating architectural changes as failures. They're signs that you're learning and the business is growing. What domain concept did you discover through refactoring? Share below! ๐Ÿ‘‡ #softwarearchitecture #softwaredevelopment #problemsolving


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