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Hackers de Negocios (44): Arquitectura de Rappi: Escalando a 1M de Pedidos
Amazon apuesta por Rappi, migrando a microservicios y EDA con Kafka para dominar Latam. 4Geeks acelera tu crecimiento.
Engineering
The promise of the Internet of Things (IoT) is transformative: a world of real-time data, predictive maintenance, and unprecedented operational efficiency. The reality, however, is a C-suite nightmare of botnets, data breaches, and platforms that crumble under load. For a Chief Technology Officer, an IoT initiative is a high-stakes endeavor
Engineering
The demand for real-time, Google Docs-like collaborative experiences is no longer a feature—it's an expectation. For CTOs and engineering leaders, architecting such a system presents a unique set of challenges that starkly differ from standard request-response patterns. The naive approach of HTTP polling is a non-starter, leading
Engineering
In the modern cloud-native landscape, the friction between operation stability and developer velocity remains a critical bottleneck. As organizations scale, the manual ticketing systems traditionally used to provision infrastructure become unsustainable. The solution lies in platform engineering: building an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that enables self-service capabilities without sacrificing governance
Engineering
While Kubernetes excels at managing stateless microservices via standard Deployments and ReplicaSets, managing stateful applications—such as databases, message queues, and distributed caches—introduces significant complexity. These applications require stable network identities, persistent storage, and ordered deployment and termination. To solve this in an automated, scalable manner, high-performing engineering teams
Engineering
In the modern cloud-native era, manual security reviews are a bottleneck that stifles velocity. As infrastructure scales, the "click-ops" approach to security management becomes untenable. For Chief Technology Officers and Senior Engineers, the transition to Policy-as-Code (PaC) is not merely a compliance exercise; it is an architectural imperative.
Engineering
Modernizing legacy systems is rarely a "rip-and-replace" operation. For Chief Technology Officers and Senior Architects, the risk of downtime, data inconsistency, and operational paralysis makes big-bang rewrites a non-starter. The Strangler Fig Pattern, named after the biological behavior of fig trees that grow around a host tree until
Engineering
In the realm of modern software architecture, the paradigm is shifting from linear execution chains to dynamic, cyclic graphs. For Chief Technology Officers and Senior Engineers, this distinction is critical. While traditional "chains" (like those in early LangChain versions) suffice for simple input-output tasks, enterprise-grade custom AI agents
Engineering
In the modern landscape of software development, deploying features based on intuition is a liability. For Chief Technology Officers and Senior Engineers, the objective is to build an experimentation infrastructure that is robust, performant, and statistically rigorous. While third-party tools exist, implementing a custom, server-side solution often yields better latency
Engineering
In the current threat landscape, "encryption at rest" and "encryption in transit" (TLS) are merely table stakes. For high-compliance environments—fintech, healthcare, and enterprise SaaS—they are often insufficient. If your load balancer or database administrator can read user data in plaintext, your system is not
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¿Alguna vez has sentido que tu empresa se ahoga en un mar de datos, pero sigues tomando decisiones basándote en el instinto? No estás solo. En el reciente webinar "De Datos Inútiles a Decisiones Inteligentes", Allan Porras (CEO de 4Geeks) y José Juárez (Director Comercial de 4Geeks México)
In the current threat landscape, "encryption at rest" and "encryption in transit" (TLS) are merely table stakes. For high-compliance environments—fintech, healthcare, and enterprise SaaS—they are often insufficient. If your load balancer or database administrator can read user data in plaintext, your system is not
In the rush to adopt Artificial Intelligence, enterprise leaders are hitting a formidable wall: the cost of scale. The traditional Software as a Service (SaaS) model—defined by fixed monthly subscriptions and "per-seat" licensing—is struggling to adapt to the dynamic nature of AI. An AI agent doesn&
In the modern digital landscape, content is currency. Marketing teams, e-commerce platforms, and media publishers generate thousands of images and video assets daily. However, this wealth of content often becomes a liability due to a single, pervasive bottleneck: metadata. Without accurate tagging, digital assets are essentially invisible. A photographer might
AI automates predictive maintenance, cutting costs, boosting uptime, and extending asset life. 4Geeks offers tailored solutions for operational excellence.
In the high-stakes world of Software as a Service (SaaS), executive focus is often disproportionately skewed toward Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) and top-line growth. While acquiring new logos is essential, the silent killer of SaaS valuations is rarely a lack of sales—it is churn. Specifically, involuntary churn. While product
In the modern SaaS landscape, agility is everything. Companies increasingly rely on flexible talent pools to accelerate development, deploying "dedicated agile teams" and "staff augmentation services" to meet critical deadlines1. However, while onboarding new talent is often celebrated and streamlined, offboarding is frequently an afterthought. This
Scaling a SaaS product is a thrilling journey. You watch your user base grow from a handful of beta testers to hundreds, and then thousands of active users. But with that growth comes a predictable, often overwhelming hurdle: the support queue. Suddenly, your inbox is flooded. What used to be
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La economía de las suscripciones ha entrado en una nueva fase volátil. Atrás quedaron los días en que una mentalidad de "configúralo y olvídate" garantizaba el valor del tiempo de vida del cliente (LTV). Hoy en día, las empresas de SaaS y las plataformas digitales se enfrentan a
Para las startups de SaaS con sede en EE. UU., la era de la facturación "talla única" ha terminado. El mercado actual exige flexibilidad. Ya sea que esté lanzando un modelo freemium, un paquete de nivel empresarial o un servicio basado en el uso, su infraestructura de facturación
El panorama de la contratación en Europa está experimentando un cambio sísmico. Durante décadas, los gerentes de contratación se basaron en gran medida en títulos universitarios y puestos de trabajo prestigiosos como indicadores de competencia. Sin embargo, a medida que el ritmo de la innovación tecnológica se acelera —particularmente en