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#microservices
3 articles
◆◆IntermediateNetflixAmazon
01API Gateways & the Backend-for-Frontend Pattern
The single front door to a microservice backend. What an API gateway does, why you add one, the BFF pattern, and how not to turn it into a monolith.
#architecture#microservices#apis
16 min◆◆◆AdvancedAmazonUber
02The Saga Pattern & Distributed Transactions
How do you keep data consistent across services with no shared database? Sagas, compensating transactions, orchestration vs choreography, and why 2PC fails at scale.
#distributed-systems#transactions#microservices
17 min◆◆Intermediate
03Microservices vs Monolith — Honestly
When microservices help, when they hurt, and the engineering and organizational realities behind the choice.
#architecture#microservices#engineering-org
10 min