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Nimbus
@nimbusai.dev
Nimbus gives software engineering teams x-ray vision into distributed systems to detect breaking changes before they reach production

https://nimbusai.dev
Transform PR reviews from risk-hunting to impact verification.

Your bot should be able to say:
"⚠️ Breaks 3 services: Driver-App, Notifications, Dashboard. Don't merge."

No surprises. No context-switching.

The future? AI auto-fixes these breakages.

Full breakdown 👇
nimbusai.dev/blog/finding...
Finding the Unknown Unknowns: Why your PR review bots are failing
The Limits of Known DefensesIn our previous post,
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July 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Solution: "Push" not "pull".

Give AI a system graph - a live map of your architecture.

PR changes API → Query: "What breaks?"

Answer in milliseconds. Deterministic.

#DeveloperTools
July 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Real example: Slack's 2022 outage.

Health check restart → Cache flush → DB overload → Total failure

No dev could've predicted this cascade. This is a classic "unknown unknown" that PR review misses.

#PRReview
July 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Root cause: Local context blindness.

AI agents "pull" info - decide what to find, when to stop looking - but they're never sure they found everything, and "mostly correct" isn't enough.

Result:
❌ Incomplete analysis
❌ Hallucinations
❌ Missed dependencies

#AI
July 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨 Your PR bots miss the worst bugs: The ones nobody sees coming.

Clean PR ✅ Tests pass ✅ Merged ✅

Days later: Production breaks. Undocumented service down. Devs debugging code they've never seen.

Why AI tools fail at the "unknown unknowns": nimbusai.dev/blog/finding...

#SystemArchitecture
Finding the Unknown Unknowns: Why your PR review bots are failing
The Limits of Known DefensesIn our previous post,
nimbusai.dev
July 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The teams that get this right are building systems that actually leverage cloud power - more resilient, faster to develop, and cheaper to run.

📖 Our deep-dive on the topic: nimbusai.dev/blog/taming-...

What's your worst serverless horror story? 👇 serverless #serverless #microservices
https://buff.ly/ct2TS…
June 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"Order received! We'll email you when it ships" beats a 10-second loading spinner, every time. #SystemDesign
June 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Pro tip: Stop thinking in functions, start thinking in domains. 🎯

Your "Ordering" service should own:
🔗 Order API endpoints
🔄 Background processing workers
🗄️ Order database tables
🔔 Order-related events

One business capability = one service boundary.
June 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"But users need immediate responses!"

Do they?

Or do they need acknowledgment? 🤔 #systemarchitecture
June 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The cloud gives you incredible async primitives:

📨 SQS queues for decoupling
🕺 EventBridge for choreography
🪭 SNS for fan-out patterns
🎶 Step Functions for orchestration

However, we keep building REST APIs that block and wait. 🤦‍♂️
June 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The telltale signs:

⛓️ Service A calls Service B calls Service C in a chain
✖️ One slow function kills the entire API response
🎱 You're debugging "Lambda pinball" at 2 AM
🧊 Cold starts hurt because everything's synchronous

The issue: You're using monolithic thinking patterns for distributed systems.
June 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🔥 Hot take: Many "serverless microservices" are just distributed monoliths in disguise.

You've got 20 Lambda functions, but they're calling each other synchronously like it's 2015.

That's not cloud-native. That's an expensive, slow monolith with extra steps. Read here: nimbusai.dev/blog/taming-...
Serverless Isn't Magic: Taming the Distributed Monolith & Other Cloud-Native Headaches
Forget servers, they said. Embrace the future of the cloud with serverless, where scaling is automatic, costs are optimized, and you can finally focus purely on writing code that matters. This vision....
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June 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
📚 These aren't academic exercises, they're survival guides forged in production fires. 🔥

Want the full deep dive? We wrote a complete guide with real e-commerce examples showing the evolution from chaos to robust architecture: nimbusai.dev/blog/stop-dr...

💬 What patterns saved YOUR system?
Embrace Complexity: Practical Patterns for Distributed Systems (And How to Get There)
Microservices! The promised land of independent deployments, team autonomy, and glorious scalability. You dove in headfirst, breaking up the monolith, feeling the wind of agility in your hair... unti....
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May 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🔍 Here's what nobody talks about: You can't fix what you can't see! Before implementing these patterns, you need visibility into:
- Which services actually talk to each other
- Where the risky synchronous calls hide
- What data clients really consume

#observability #systemdesign
May 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Three battle-tested patterns to save your sanity:
1️⃣ Saga Pattern: Coordinated local transactions with compensating actions.
2️⃣ Circuit Breaker: Fail fast when services struggle, prevent domino effects.
3️⃣ API Gateway/BFF: Stop your frontend from making 47 different API calls!

#distributedSystems
May 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Remember when microservices were the best thing since sliced bread? 🍞

Breaking up monolith architecture felt like pure genius. until complexity grew into chaos. Simple tasks became coordination nightmares and failures cascaded everywhere.

👉 Patterns that can save you: nimbusai.dev/blog/stop-dr...
Embrace Complexity: Practical Patterns for Distributed Systems (And How to Get There)
Microservices! The promised land of independent deployments, team autonomy, and glorious scalability. You dove in headfirst, breaking up the monolith, feeling the wind of agility in your hair... unti....
nimbusai.dev
May 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
What's coming next:
💥 Impact Analysis to catch breaking changes early
📈 Better preserving links across version updates
🐍 Python support starting with Flask

Every feature we build follows one principle: catch problems earlier when they're easier and cheaper to fix! Try Nimbus today: nimbusai.dev
NimbusAI | Demo Our Technical Design Platform
Experience better technical documentation. See how our RFC editor with live system visualization helps teams make confident architectural decisions.
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May 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Our VSCode extension keeps getting better:
🌉 Navigate between services without leaving your IDE
🔌 HTTP Client Support (fetch, undici, axios)
☁️ AWS SDK Support with linked Lambda targets

Now you can explore your distributed system right in your code editor. #DevWorkflow
May 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Introducing our new Artifacts page:
📦 Track internal packages across your services
🔄 Easily spot outdated package versions
📊 Understand exactly which services depend on each package

We've moved internal packages to their own dedicated view for better dependency management. #DistributedSystems
May 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🔧 Major UX Improvements:
🧭 Enhanced Container Navigator with quick search
🔍 New Focus Mode to highlight specific containers
🔬 Completely redesigned Component Explorer
🧠 Intelligent Filtering with action butto- ns
🏷️ Clear connection labels between services

#DevExperience #SystemDesign
May 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
✨ We're excited to share our biggest update of 2025! ✨

Nimbus has completely reimagined how you navigate and understand your distributed systems with major UX improvements and a brand new Artifacts page.

#ProductUpdate #DeveloperTools
May 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
@nimbusai.dev is building dev tools designed to reduce cognitive load and help you achieve flow states more consistently. 🚀

See how: nimbusai.dev/schedule-demo
NimbusAI | Demo Our Technical Design Platform
Experience better technical documentation. See how our RFC editor with live system visualization helps teams make confident architectural decisions.
nimbusai.dev
April 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Design principles that reduce cognitive burden:
- 🔍 Progressive disclosure: Reveal information gradually
- 🗺️ Natural mental models: Align with how developers think
- 🔁. Consistent patterns: Apply existing knowledge
- 🌿 Context preservation: Maintain focus across activities
April 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
⚠️ The problem: Today's development environments create unique cognitive challenges.

Developers regularly context-switch & building a single feature requires understanding:
- 🏗️ Service boundaries
- 💾 Database schemas
- 🔌 API contracts
- 🔒 Security implications
April 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🧠 Why your dev tools might be working AGAINST your brain.

As software systems grow more complex, the mental demands on developers intensify. But are our tools helping or hurting? Check out our latest blog post: nimbusai.dev/blog/design-...

#DevTools
Designing Dev Tools with Cognitive Load in Mind
As software systems grow more complex, the mental demands on developers intensify. A single development task might require understanding service boundaries, database schemas, API contracts,…
nimbusai.dev
April 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM