I currently work for small shop where we run a number of middleware services for publishers. We build services in the traditional style of Java servlets, Spring dependency injection, Tomcat deployments, ActiveMQ message bus, MySql for transient data, and Oracle or permanent data. The engineering of this style is well known to the team. But the consequence are that: Our deployments are manual; Startup times too long; Spring has driven us to a monolithic implementation. We are servicing our customer's needs. But we need to do better. How do we get better?
If you are a SaaS + Java shop in RI, MA, or eastern CT and would like to talk about tools and processes please contact me at andrew@andrewgilmartin.com.
