The Circuit Breaker Pattern Explained
Use circuit breakers to stop cascading failures, with state transitions, timeouts, and tuning advice for production microservices.
·3 min read · #backend#resilience#patterns
#microservices
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Monolith vs Microservices: A Pragmatic Comparison
Compare monoliths and microservices across team size, deploy cadence, complexity, and operational overhead to choose the right architecture.
·3 min read · #backend#architecture#microservices
The Saga Pattern Explained
How the saga pattern coordinates long running business transactions across services using local commits and compensating actions instead of distributed two phase commit.
·5 min read · #backend#microservices#saga
Event-Driven Architecture: The Pragmatic Introduction
What event-driven architecture really gives you, when to choose it, and the operational realities of running asynchronous systems at scale.
·5 min read · #system-design#event-driven#architecture
Go gRPC Tutorial
Build a gRPC service in Go from scratch: define protobufs, generate code, implement the server, write a client, and understand how streaming and interceptors fit together.
·4 min read · #go#grpc#protobuf
GraphQL Federation: A Practical Overview
Understand Apollo Federation: subgraphs, the gateway, entity references, and when to choose federation over a monolithic GraphQL schema.
·3 min read · #graphql#federation#apollo
Node.js gRPC Server Tutorial
Build a typed, high-performance gRPC server in Node.js with protobuf definitions, streaming RPCs, and production-ready patterns.
·4 min read · #node#grpc#protobuf
Contract Tests Explained: Catching Integration Bugs Early
Understand consumer-driven contract testing, how it differs from integration tests, and how tools like Pact prevent breaking API changes between services.
·4 min read · #testing#contract-testing#pact