Aug 7, 2025 · 3 min read · Ever built a system where you: Save something to the database Then fire off an event (e.g. send an email or publish to RabbitMQ) And then you pray it doesn’t fail between the DB save and the publish? Yeah. That’s the problem the Outbox Pattern s...
Join discussionMay 25, 2025 · 5 min read · Testing distributed, message based systems presents unique challenges, particularly around ensuring resilience, reliability, and consistency. Complex scenarios such as messages arriving unexpectedly, dealing with failed message deliveries, transient ...
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Apr 12, 2025 · 3 min read · It was a busy week for me, and I did get to work on my Apple Side project. I spent some time on my AZ-204 certification, and that will ramp up more and more now that the Chicago Blackhawks are almost done with the regular season. I revisited some old...
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Apr 4, 2025 · 6 min read · Big changes are happening in the .NET ecosystem. Three powerhouse libraries - MediatR, AutoMapper, and MassTransit - are moving to commercial licenses. Not so long ago, Fluent Assertions also announced its plans to move to a commercial license. As so...
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Nov 30, 2024 · 7 min read · Long-running business processes often involve multiple services working together. Think about an e-commerce order: you need to process the payment, update inventory, and notify shipping. Traditional distributed transactions using two-phase commit (2P...
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Aug 20, 2024 · 16 min read · In my previous article, I explained distributed system and communication between them. In this article, I will cover an asynchronous way to establish communication between services through a method known as messaging using some queuing technologies. ...
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Aug 17, 2024 · 7 min read · Have you ever wondered how large-scale systems handle traffic spikes or maintain performance even when parts of the system are temporarily down? The answer lies in asynchronous messaging. Asynchronous messaging is, at its core, about decoupling. Our ...
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Apr 27, 2024 · 5 min read · Building distributed applications might seem simple at first. It's just servers talking to each other. Right? However, it opens a set of potential problems you must consider. What if the network has a hiccup? A service unexpectedly crashes? You try t...
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Apr 9, 2024 · 5 min read · Filas A estrutura mais simples dentro do RabbitMQ são as filas. Nessa estrutura há o envio de dados feito por um producer e o seu consumo é feito por um consumer. Fila é uma estrutura de dados caracterizada pelo comportamento FIFO - first in, first...
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Jan 25, 2023 · 12 min read · MassTransit is a powerful message-based communication library for building distributed applications using the .NET framework. It provides a simple and flexible way to send and receive messages between different parts of your application, or even betw...
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