In this episode of
CODE&CLOUD,
Rauno De Pasquale (CTO at
Newesis) sits down with Luca
Mezzalira (Serverless Specialist Solutions Architect
AWS and author of
Building Micro-Frontends from O’Reilly) to unpack how to tackle complexity in modern systems:
DevOps,
cloud,
microservices, micro-
frontends,
governance and
team organization.
Starting from the “
paradox” of
modern architecture—
greater agility promised,
yet new distributed complexity—Luca shares pragmatic ways to decide when and how to split systems, how to reduce teams’ cognitive load, and what the architect’s role really is today: less “master builder,” more coach/enabler who asks the right questions, defines reusable patterns, and navigates the trade-offs across technology, organization, and business.
What you’ll learn- How to evaluate whether microservices/micro-frontends add value in your context
- Why governance, observability, and security are not afterthoughts
- Heuristics for defining boundaries (DDD, event storming, rate of change)
- Reducing cognitive load with blueprints, platform engineering, and security champions
- The architect as a force multiplier across engineering, culture, and org design
- Synchronous vs. asynchronous choices, batching, and cost-aware resilience
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00:00 Intro
01:20 Who is Luca Mezzalira
04:10 The paradox of modern architecture
10:35 How “micro” should it be? Heuristics & context
18:50 UX, performance, and micro-frontends
26:30 Governance, observability, and shared dependencies
34:15 Architect as coach & enablement team
44:00 Cognitive load: patterns & platform engineering
52:10 Designing for change: reversibility & trade-offs
59:30 Key takeaways & closing
Guest Luca Mezzalira — Software architect with 20+ years of experience helping startups and Fortune 500s build scalable, modern systems. At
AWS, he guides enterprises in serverless, event-driven architectures. Author of Building Micro-Frontends (O’Reilly), international speaker and creator.
Host Rauno De Pasquale, CTO at Newesis. If you found this helpful: subscribe, drop a comment with your questions, and share it with your team.
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