Ian 'Uther' Lawson

Developer Advocate, OpenShift Evangelist

Ian Lawson

Ian 'Uther' Lawson was a software engineer in the real world for 20+ years before joining Red Hat as an Open Source fanatic. For the last 10 years he has been a Domain Solution Architect, talking to anyone and everyone about the brilliance of OpenShift and other Red Hat products. He now works as a Developer Advocate and gets to enthuse all the time.

Ian Lawson's contributions

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Modernization: Managing data during the process

Yashwanth Maheshwaram +1

Data refactoring unlocks the potential for adaptable, resilient applications. Consider these techniques when migrating monolithic applications to microservices.

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Understand modernization of a traditional Java application with an example

Yashwanth Maheshwaram +1

Developers frequently work with monolithic applications. However, the popularity of these monolithic applications has waned due to their lack of flexibility. Scaling a specific component requires scaling the entire application. Transitioning to a microservice architecture, with modular, independently scalable units addresses these challenges and is well-suited for cloud environments. This article focuses on moving a monolithic application, exemplified by a Java™-based e-commerce app called Pedal, to the cloud, offering guidance for this complex task.