AuthorTech lead, Belgrade11 articles

Aleksa

Aleksa is tech lead in Belgrade. He leads the development team, oversees the architecture and reports to Erik.

He works on client projects himself, including the infrastructure and what it costs.

Role: Tech lead, Belgrade
Location: Belgrade
Languages: English, Serbian
Writes about: Leading remote development teams, Software architecture, Cloud infrastructure

Articles by Aleksa

Hosting and securityHosting and securityPatching without waiting for the CVEThe Collabora flaw in Nextcloud was exploited a month before its CVE appeared. Update what faces the internet on a fixed schedule, not after an advisory.Aleksa4 min read
StacksStacksReact Native or Flutter: choose based on your teamIf your team already writes React and TypeScript, choose React Native. For a separate mobile team or an app that must look identical everywhere, choose Flutter.Aleksa4 min read
Remote teamsRemote teamsRunning stand-ups with a remote teamA stand-up with a distributed team stays under fifteen minutes once you drop the status round. Walk the board and only talk about work that is stuck.Aleksa4 min read
ArchitectureArchitectureServerless or your own servers: cost, cold starts and lock-inServerless pays off with low or irregular traffic. Your own server wins with steady traffic, long-running processes or a lot of computation.Aleksa4 min read
StacksStacks.NET and React for enterprise software: team and pitfalls.NET with React suits enterprise software. The risks sit where the two meet: types that drift apart, two separate releases and a team split into two camps.Aleksa4 min read
StacksStacksPostgres as the default database: when it fits and when notPick PostgreSQL for a new product. With jsonb, full-text search and pgvector you rarely need a second database early on, which saves operations work and money.Aleksa4 min read
ArchitectureArchitectureDo you need Kubernetes? What fits which team sizeWith one or two teams you usually do not need Kubernetes: Docker Compose or managed containers is enough. Kubernetes pays off with many services and several teams.Aleksa4 min read
ArchitectureArchitectureThe modular monolith and how to keep its boundariesA modular monolith is one deployment with modules per domain, each with a public interface and its own tables. Checks in CI keep those boundaries in place.Aleksa4 min read
Hosting and securityHosting and securityKeeping cloud costs under controlCloud waste sits in test environments running all night, orphaned disks and logs without retention. A monthly review per owner keeps it small.Aleksa5 min read
Remote teamsRemote teamsOnboarding a remote developer: the first two weeksA remote developer is part of your sprint after two weeks if access works on day 1 and a small, real task is ready in the first week.Aleksa4 min read
Hosting and securityHosting and securityBackups and disaster recovery for your applicationA backup only counts once you have restored it. Set RPO and RTO per system, follow the 3-2-1 rule and run an automated restore test every night.Aleksa5 min read

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