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In the Optivem Journal, I will share my perspectives and experiences regarding Software Quality. Some key topics which we will be covering include the following:
Test Driven Development
Hexagonal Architecture
Clean Architecture
Microservice Architecture
Event Driven Architecture
Database Performance
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