May 2 · 11 min read · Source: Ways to Invalidate Derived Caches Without Creating a Distributed Guessing Game You’ve likely seen it: a derived cache (an aggregate, a denormalized view, or a materialized snapshot) starts drifting from its authoritative sources. Teams reac...
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Mar 19 · 9 min read · Source: Reasons Stored Procedures Can Help (and Hurt) in Microservices Architecture 1. Why this topic is tricky in microservices (and why people argue about it) Microservices are supposed to keep business logic close to the service that owns i...
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Feb 26 · 12 min read · Source: Design a Video Upload System That Handles 1TB Per Day Without Melting Your Backend 1. Start With the Real Requirements (Not the Wishlist) The first trick is to separate what users think they need (“upload video”) from what the system ...
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Feb 20 · 11 min read · Source: How to Build a 3-Tier Caching Stack with CDN + Redis + Local Cache (Without Lying to Users) 1. The indirect problem you’re actually solving Most teams don’t wake up and say, “Let’s add Redis and a CDN today.” What usually happens is su...
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Jan 8 · 3 min read · When it comes to developing software applications, choosing the appropriate architectural style is a critical decision. Among the popular options are microservices and monolithic architecture. By understanding the trade-offs, readers can make well-i...
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Nov 22, 2025 · 15 min read · Source: Transactional or Event-Driven Communication in Microservices 1. Transaction-Driven Microservices Communication Transactional (synchronous) communication means one service makes a direct request to another and waits for a response befor...
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Nov 20, 2025 · 19 min read · Source: Strategies for Secure Authentication in Microservices with Spring and JWT 1. Centralize Authentication and Delegate to a Dedicated Service One fundamental best practice is to avoid duplicating authentication logic in every microservice...
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Nov 19, 2025 · 16 min read · Source: 10 Common Microservice Orchestration Mistakes and How to Avoid Them Part 1 1. Unclear Error Attribution in Orchestrators When an orchestrator service coordinates calls to multiple microservices, things will go wrong eventually – a down...
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Nov 19, 2025 · 14 min read · Source: 10 Common Microservice Orchestration Mistakes and How to Avoid Them Part 4 9. Not Designing for Idempotency (Duplicate Request Handling) When an orchestrator or any service retries operations (intentionally for reliability or unintenti...
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Nov 19, 2025 · 14 min read · Source: 10 Common Microservice Orchestration Mistakes and How to Avoid Them Part 3 7. Over-Orchestrating When Choreography Would Suffice While this article is about orchestration mistakes, an overarching one is using orchestration inappropriat...
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