Backend infra tech lead at Wix, Blogger. I advocate event driven design. Passionate about functional programming.https://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lrid4u7az22j@jbaru.ch talks about the big issue with quality and correctness of code written by AI, and suggests to fix by writing tests but not by LLMs, but with #Cucumber. Do you agree? #DevoxxPL #AI #LLM #BDD #Gherkin #tessl13 Jun 2025 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrid4u7az22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lrib6jh6zs2jSoftware design documents: * write once * read maybe once @jbaru.ch #DevoxxPoland13 Jun 2025 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrib6jh6zs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lrhzqgg2hc2j@warski.org thinks some pinning issues with Java virtual threads will never be solved. Have you noticed any noticable impact on your production deployment? how do you solve blocked operations? #DevoxxPL #virtualThreads #Java13 Jun 2025 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrhzqgg2hc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lrg2l7w66k2fLooking forward to @jbaru.ch and @gamussa.dev deep dive on vibe coding in IDEs in a 45 minutes @devoxxpl.bsky.social . I expect nothing less than immensely entertaining and insightful talk. #DevoxxPL #vibeCoding #cursor #windsurf #AI #AIAgents #IDEs12 Jun 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrg2l7w66k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lrfoanu2f22hHad a fantastic time presenting at DevoxxPL! 🚀 Shared 4 Kafka async patterns powering @wixeng.bsky.social distributed systems: Public Integration Events, Durable Task Queue, Reliable Task Scheduler, & Long-running Job Iterator. Thanks for your great questions & ideas! slides ⬇️ #DevoxxPL12 Jun 2025 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrfoanu2f22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lra6fyw2es24Teaser slide for my upcoming @devoxxpl.bsky.social talk this Thursday about the benefits and challenges of Async Patterns. Patterns like Public/Integration events, Task Queue, Task Scheduler and Task Iterator are common-place in @wixeng.bsky.social distributed 4,000 microservices system #DevoxxPL10 Jun 2025 05:37 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lra6fyw2es24https://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lqxdmkkta22aAkka is suggestion Event Sourcing as the collaboration pattern for agentic systems? WDYT? Any other pattern you prefer instead? #DDDEurope #EventCentric #Akka #EventSourcing #AgenticAI06 Jun 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqxdmkkta22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lqw5wde2hc2cLoved presenting at #EventCentric on @wixeng.bsky.social event-driven, domain-driven design: single-aggregate microservices with only public integration events. Boosts dev speed but posed ops challenges we solved. Slides in first comment. #DDD #EventDrivenArchitecture #IntegrationEvents06 Jun 2025 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqw5wde2hc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lqtvuxhy4c2iAfter a long journey from Tel Aviv via Paris & Amsterdam, I’ve arrived at the stunning Antwerp Central Station! 🚄 Excited to share insights at #EventCentric and connect with fellow #EventDrivenArchitecture & #DDD enthusiasts. Let’s make it inspiring! #Antwerp05 Jun 2025 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqtvuxhy4c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lqjv4eypb22z🚀 Step Back in Time—Powered by the Future! Experience a nostalgic Mac-style OS from the '80s, recreated entirely by AI agents on Cursor. ✨ Retro vibes, cutting-edge tech. 🔗 os.ryo.lu Try it now! #AIGenerated #RetroComputing #Macintosh #Cursor #Innovation #TechNostalgia https://os.ryo.lu01 Jun 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqjv4eypb22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lqil2lrl6c2o🚀 Excited for next week’s EventCentric conference! I’ll be sharing insights on Wix’s innovative, non-traditional event-driven architecture. Stay tuned for some surprising architectural decisions and real-world examples! Don’t miss it! 🔥 #EventCentric @eventcentric.bsky.social @wixeng.bsky.social31 May 2025 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqil2lrl6c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lpcrqg6yu22pSlides from my geecon talk last Wednesday about blending the best of microservices and monoliths at Wix Engineering, powered by Kuberenetes and our internal backend platform! 🚀 #geecon #microservices #Kubernetes #GraalVM #cloud #monolith https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/reinventing-microservices-efficiency-and-innovation-with-single-runtime/27909188216 May 2025 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpcrqg6yu22phttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lp7ppjvc6s2sExcited to share my slides from my GeeCon Krakow talk on how Wix reduced the cost of microservices by running them in a monolithic-like single host-multi guest design https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/reinventing-microservices-efficiency-and-innovation-with-single-runtime/279091882 @geecon.bsky.social #geecon @wixeng.bsky.social https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/wix-single-runtime-conquering-the-multi-service-challenge/27314296915 May 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7ppjvc6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3low5cbzyws2mTeaser for my GeeCon Krakow talk this Wednesday! 🎤 I’m excited to share how Wix's Single-Runtime project brings together microservices flexibility and monolith efficiency —delivering lower costs, better performance, and faster infra upgrades 🚀. #GeeCon @geecon.bsky.social @wixeng.bsky.social11 May 2025 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3low5cbzyws2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3loiurppau22h🌟 Join me on June 5th at EventCentric 2025! 🎉 I'm excited to share how @wixeng.bsky.social scaled to 4,000 microservices through a unique event-driven architecture based solely on integration events! More details in the link in the first comment.06 May 2025 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3loiurppau22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lnhqrgfnts25🚀 Excited to share my talk, "Async Excellence: Unlocking Scalability with Kafka," from Devoxx Greece 2025! 🎥 Discover how @WixEng scaled 4,000 microservices with patterns like Integration Events, Task Iterator, and more! 👉 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtTh_Qn2e5423 Apr 2025 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnhqrgfnts25https://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lneypguyh22w🚀 Our #GeeCon2024 talk, "Scaling Horizons: Effective Strategies for Wix's Scaling Challenges," is live on YouTube! 🌐 Learn about horizontal scaling, Kafka consumer scaling, and sharding with DynamoDB & MySQL. 📺 Watch now: youtu.be/goDAmu63Dy0 #HorizontalScaling #Wix https://youtu.be/goDAmu63Dy022 Apr 2025 05:58 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lneypguyh22whttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lneyoclpcs2w🚀 Our #GeeCon2024 talk, "Scaling Horizons: Effective Strategies for Wix's Scaling Challenges," is live on YouTube! 🌐 Learn about horizontal scaling, Kafka consumer scaling, and sharding with DynamoDB & MySQL. 📺 Watch now: youtu.be/goDAmu63Dy0 #HorizontalScaling #Wix https://youtu.be/goDAmu63Dy022 Apr 2025 05:57 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lneyoclpcs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lncsageibs2m🚀 50x Faster and 100x Happier: How @WixEng Reinvented Integration Testing 🚀 Are clunky integration tests dragging you down? Wix tackled this by transforming our testing process with in-memory testing—making tests 50x faster and developers 100x happier! https://www.wix.engineering/post/50x-faster-and-100x-happier-how-wix-reinvented-integration-testing21 Apr 2025 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lncsageibs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lmkf7h4ygs24Slides for my Wix Kafka based async patterns from Devoxx Greece: Why, when, how & trade-offs 1. Integration events 2. Task Queue 3. Task Scheduler 4. Iterator https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/async-excellence-unlocking-scalability-with-kafka-devoxx-greece/277761636 #ApacheKafka #Kafka #DevoxxGreece2025 #DevoxxGR2025 #Async #eventdriven11 Apr 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkf7h4ygs24https://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lmkd3fwyyc2fFacebook got your social mask but OpenAI have your soul 🤯 (2 minute read) https://signull.substack.com/p/the-last-dataset #openai #AI #monetization #ads11 Apr 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkd3fwyyc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lmk5rt34rk2p🚀 Had a blast giving my talk on Wix Engineering's Kafka based async patterns at Devoxx GR. Thank you for your insightful questions and discussions on Wix special event driven design. @devoxxgreece.bsky.social #ApacheKafka #DevoxxGreece2025 #DevoxxGR2025 #Async #eventdriven #sagas #outboxpattern11 Apr 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmk5rt34rk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lmhuc45npk22🚀 Can’t wait to speak at Devoxx Greece tomorrow about Kafka-based asynchronous patterns powering Wix Engineering's 4,000 microservices! 🎉 Here’s a sneak peek of some fun memes from my slidedeck! See you there! @devoxxgreece.bsky.social #devoxxgr #devoxxgreece2025 #Kafka #ApacheKafka10 Apr 2025 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhuc45npk22https://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lkkgwalnyk23The age of AI has come at the right time :) #AI #doomscrolling #ADHD https://futurism.com/neoscope/human-intelligence-declining-trends17 Mar 2025 05:40 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkkgwalnyk23https://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3ljiemomoms22Will Europe have robotaxi champions? #robotaxi #autonomous #vc #level4 #regulation https://fortune.com/europe/2025/03/03/self-driving-taxis-america-europe-still-waiting-alphabet-waymo-gett/03 Mar 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljiemomoms22https://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lj3b4zjc2s2rCut Kafka cloud costs by 30%! Discover how Wix Engineering optimized high-traffic topics with a push-based consumer proxy. Read more: https://www.wix.engineering/post/from-bottleneck-to-breakthrough-how-wix-cut-kafka-costs-by-30-with-a-push-based-consumer-proxy #ApacheKafka #Kafka #cloudoptimization #finops #cloudcosts #awscosts26 Feb 2025 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3b4zjc2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3lis2ucmtck2tIs introducing Rust to Linux kernel making it safer and less bug prone or causing interop hell? WDYT? #Linux #rust #rustlang #OpenSource #interop #RustBindings https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/linux-leaders-pave-a-path-for-rust-in-kernel-while-supporting-c-veterans/22 Feb 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lis2ucmtck2thttps://bsky.app/profile/natan-s.bsky.social/post/3liad4knwgk2tFascinating! How adding GPT style "attention" to protein-structure-finding deep-learning models is helping develop vaccines and cure uncurable diseases #AI #CASP #Biology #AlphaFold youtu.be/P_fHJIYENdl https://youtu.be/P_fHJIYENdI15 Feb 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:cltfcub3qvhx64sa62nhhmjc/app.bsky.feed.post/3liad4knwgk2t