microservices
Monoliths vs. Microservices: A Decade of Shifting Perspectives Over the past decade, nearly every discussion on architectural evolution pointed toward microservices. Microservices became almost synonymous with modern architecture, while monolithic systems were often criticized as a “cancer” to be removed. In recent years, however, the industry has begun to reflect:
microservices
# Transcript: The Promise vs. Reality of Microservices **Speaker:** Tom Akehurst This talk explores the **gap between the ideal of microservices**—decoupled, autonomous teams—and the messy reality of **interconnected dependencies**, and proposes **API mocking and simulation** as practical solutions. --- ## Introduction: Why Microservices Promise Independence - **Goal:** Enable teams to
JavaScript
# Event-Driven Architecture in Modern JavaScript In modern software development, **event-driven architectures (EDA)** have become one of the most powerful approaches for building scalable, decoupled, and responsive systems. Rather than relying on direct calls between components, event-driven systems communicate through **events** — messages indicating that something has happened. JavaScript, with its inherently
Kotlin adoption
# The Ultimate Guide to Successfully Adopting Kotlin in a Java-Dominated Environment **Part 2: The Evaluation Stage — Moving Beyond the Playground** *In this second installment, we explore how teams progress from basic Kotlin experiments to tangible production usage — whether by building something new or integrating Kotlin into existing Java systems.* 📖 **Read
Error Handling
Unified Exception Handling in Distributed Systems — Insights from Jenish Shah (Netflix) Jenish Shah, a back-end engineer specializing in distributed systems at Netflix, shares practical strategies for handling failures in heterogeneous microservice environments. His work led to the development of a shared library that standardizes exception handling across protocols like REST,
distributed systems
# Managing Failures in Distributed Systems: Insights from Jenish Shah (Netflix) Jenish Shah, a **back-end engineer** specializing in distributed systems at Netflix, shares deep insights into **failure management** in distributed architectures and his design of a **protocol-agnostic exception-handling library**. --- ## 📌 Key Takeaways - **Microservices ≠ Protocol Choice** - REST over HTTP is
.NET Aspire
# Improving Developer Experience in Microservices with .NET Aspire ## Introduction Since the advent of microservices, development teams have enjoyed **independent deployments**, enabling bug fixes without full regression testing and allowing multiple teams to ship updates simultaneously — sometimes **10+ deployments per team per day**. However, there are downsides. In medium-to-large systems, service
distributed testing
Shift‑Left Testing Without a Dedicated QA Environment When an organization lacked a dedicated QA environment, teams faced significant technical and coordination challenges in testing a distributed system. A slow, unmaintainable CLI prompted them to adopt a shift‑left strategy with automated testing. They built an internal deployment tool with
distributed testing
## Overcoming Testing Challenges Without a QA Environment Without a dedicated QA environment, Po Linn Chia’s team faced both **technical** and **coordination** hurdles while testing a distributed system. An outdated, slow-to-start CLI contributed to inefficiencies, prompting a **shift-left** approach with **automated testing**. By leveraging **versioned deployments** via **continuous integration (CI)
Tencent News
# Tencent News PUSH Platform Architecture Optimization ## Table of Contents 1. **Introduction to the News PUSH Platform** 2. **Problems with the Old Architecture** 3. **Architecture Optimization Plan** 4. **Results of the Architecture Upgrade** --- From **680,000 lines of code down to 86,000**, most C++ modules rewritten in Golang, and
open platform
# Building High-Performance, Highly Available Open Platforms Over the past decade, the term **"Open Platform"** has become a common blueprint for internet companies moving toward platformization and ecosystem building. Examples include **Taobao Open Platform**, **WeChat Open Platform**, **Douyin**, **Feishu**, and **Bilibili** — each opening core capabilities to external developers, enabling
software architecture
7 Years, Billions of Requests, and One Costly Mistake I’ve spent over seven years building backend systems — scaling from 100 to 100,000 concurrent users, designing microservices that handle billions of monthly requests, and mentoring dozens of engineers. But one architecture decision cost me three major projects and remains