Category: Microservices

Articles about microservices. Architecture, tutorials, opinions- everything that may help you succeed and learn. I strongly believe that the future of backend development lays with highly decoupled microservices oriented architectures.

Microservices – Why Do You Need A Service Mesh?

Working for consultancy, I already had a chance to build microservice based systems in large financial organisations as well as public sector ones. When sharing my experience with other developers, there is one topic that often comes up- many people wished that they had a service mesh from the start! In this article, I will explain what a service mesh is and why is it so useful! Continue reading “Microservices – Why Do You Need A Service Mesh?”

Software architecture in the world of microservices

The topic of software architecture comes up often when discussing microservices. Many newcomers to microservices are not sure how to handle discussing architecture and how to make decisions. Should they bring the more traditional role of the software architect, or should everyone just do what they think makes sense? In this article, I will give you my answers to these questions and share some additional advice. Continue reading “Software architecture in the world of microservices”

Having just the right amount of technical debt

Today I want to talk to you about technical debt. This is a topic that comes up a lot and often generates some emotions. Developers often want to have a minimal amount of technical debt. Some will go through great efforts to eliminate any technical debt they see. Let me tell you what I think about it all. Continue reading “Having just the right amount of technical debt”

Single Responsibility Principle – do you know the real one?

Single Responsibility Principle, as defined in the very famous set of SOLID principles, is often misunderstood. When asked what it means, most developers go with- “a class should do only one thing”, or something along these lines. This is simplistic and frankly- wrong! Intrigued? Read on! Continue reading “Single Responsibility Principle – do you know the real one?”

Should you use Spring Boot in your project?

Spring Boot is enjoying, a seemingly never-ending growth of popularity. While only released in 2014, it has managed to overtake the Java serverside in less than five years. When starting a new project, a sensible question to ask is- “should I use a Spring Boot?”. In this article, I will help you answer this question! Continue reading “Should you use Spring Boot in your project?”

Microservices and cross cutting concerns

When thinking about microservices, we mostly imagine autonomous teams working on independent services. Despite all that independence, things such as log aggregation and security benefit from a system level thinking. In this article, I will discuss these concerns and give my advice on how to approach them. Continue reading “Microservices and cross cutting concerns”

Spring Boot – Best Practices

Spring Boot is the most popular Java framework for developing microservices. In this article, I will share with you the best practices for working with Spring Boot that I have gathered by using it in professional development since 2016. I base these on my personal experience and writings of recognized Spring Boot experts. Continue reading “Spring Boot – Best Practices”

Using Redis in Microservices Architecture

In this article, we will look closer at a fascinating open source project. Meet Redis! You may be familiar with Redis already, in that case, you may be interested in the different use cases it has for microservices architecture. Read on to see how this “in-memory data structure store, database, cache, and message broker” can make your system better! Continue reading “Using Redis in Microservices Architecture”