Tag: microservices

All the articles with the tag "microservices".

• The dual-write problem & the outbox pattern

  8 Sep, 2026

  Saving to your database and publishing a message look like one step. They're two, and the gap between them is where you lose data. The outbox pattern closes it.

• Deployment coupling

  4 Aug, 2026

  You split into services so each could ship alone. Then a shared contracts package quietly stitched the deployments back together — that's deployment coupling.

• Modular microliths

  15 Jul, 2026

  The microservices-versus-monolith war is tired. The systems I've actually shipped are usually a bit of both — and on purpose.

• The distributed systems tax

  13 Jul, 2026

  Every time you turn a function call into a network call, you start paying a tax. Worth it sometimes — but know the bill before you sign up.