About Z

Z is the web-facing branch of Portico. It is the complement to our FileMaker-based Portico apps and databases. Eventually, we hope to migrate the majority of Portico into Z.

References, Resources + Links

• Scaling Architecture, Conversationally - This documentation (especially the "Guides" sections) is an informal series of Architectural Decision Records. Learn about those - they are great!
• Systems Design Explains the World - This post (the entire blog really) has a strong influence on Z's incremental design. Here are a few more posts from that blog that had an influence:
  • Modules, Monoliths, and Microservices.
  • An Epic Treatise on Scheduling, Bug Tracking, and Triage
  • Forget Privacy; You're Terrible at Targeting Anyway
• https://medium.com/very-big-things/towards-maintainable-elixir-the-core-and-the-interface-c267f0da43 - This series, and this post in particular, are good guidelines for code organization and largely map to what we do in EXPLO / Z.