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Explore the technologies we're using, evaluating, and researching at ES Developer.

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Monolith Architectureadopt

Our majority project is implementing Monolith: PS Internal Apps

Microservices Architectureadopt

Several projects implement Microservices: Billing Manager, MSSP, Presence App

Event-Driven Architectureadopt

Decoupled systems communicating via events for high scalability.

API Gatewayadopt

Centralized entry point for managing and securing microservices APIs.

RAGassess

Retrieval-Augmented Generation: optimizing LLM output by referencing a specialized knowledge base for more accurate and grounded responses.

MCPassess

Model Context Protocol: a standardized open-source specification for connecting AI assistants to data sources and tools.

MySQL 8adopt

Relational database for our backend services

SQL Serveradopt

Relational database for enterprise backend services

Elasticsearchadopt

Distributed search and analytics engine for high-performance retrieval.

OpenSearchtrial

Open-source fork of Elasticsearch for search and analytics.

Kafkaadopt

A distributed event store and stream-processing platform.

Dockeradopt

Containerization platform for reliable application deployment.

Docker Desktophold

It's quite heavy to use in Development Process; assessing alternatives.

Jenkinsassess

Automation server for continuous integration and delivery.

Apacheadopt

Reliable web server used primarily for PHP projects.

ExpressJShold

It's not a good fit for our backend services; assessing alternatives.

Microsoft Azureadopt

Comprehensive cloud platform providing scalable compute, storage, and specialized enterprise services.

Google Geminiadopt

Advanced multimodal AI models featuring massive context windows and state-of-the-art reasoning capabilities.

Claude (Sonnet/Opus)adopt

Anthropic's high-intelligence LLM family, preferred for coding, safety, and nuanced instructions.

OpenAI o3-miniadopt

High-speed reasoning model optimized for coding, mathematics, and complex problem-solving at low latency.

Cloudflare Pagesadopt

Modern collaboration platform for frontend developers to deploy lightning-fast sites at the edge.

Cloudflare Workersassess

Serverless platform for running code globally at the edge to improve performance and scalability.

Kibanatrial

Visualization dashboard for data stored in Elasticsearch.

Portainertrial

User-friendly management interface for Docker environments.

Winstontrial

Versatile logging library for Node.js applications.

Mintlifytrial

Modern documentation framework for high-quality technical docs.

CrewAitrial

Advanced framework for orchestrating collaborative AI agents to automate complex multi-step workflows with role-playing capabilities.

PHP 7.4adopt

Legacy PHP version used in many internal projects.

PHP 8.0+adopt

Current standard for PHP development with improved performance.

Java 18adopt

Core backend language for high-performance services.

Java 21+adopt

Latest LTS for Java, offering modern features and better performance.

VueJS 3adopt

Primary frontend framework for modern, reactive user interfaces.

Quasaradopt

Vue-based framework for high-performance cross-platform apps.

NodeJSadopt

JavaScript runtime for building scalable network applications.

CodeIgniteradopt

Lightweight PHP framework for internal tool development.

Laraveladopt

Robust PHP framework for feature-rich web applications.

Reactadopt

High-performance JavaScript library for building modern component-based user interfaces.

Langgraphadopt

Powerful library for building stateful, multi-actor agentic applications with cyclical graph logic.

Langchainadopt

The leading framework for developing context-aware applications powered by Large Language Models.

ASP.Nethold

Moving away from .NET for new projects; maintaining legacy apps.

Understanding the Rings

Adopt

High confidence. Technologies we use regularly and recommend for most new projects.

Trial

Ready for use. Technologies we've seen work well in production on a smaller scale.

Assess

Worth exploring. Technologies we're currently researching to understand their potential.

Hold

Proceed with caution. Technologies we recommend avoiding for new projects.

Our Methodology

Updated quarterly, our Tech Radar reflects the real-world experience of our engineering teams. We don't just follow trends; we evaluate tools based on their stability, performance, and fit for the complex enterprise solutions we build at Compnet.

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