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Microservices architectures offer a number of benefits over a traditional monolithic design . Constructing a system out of loosely coupled services enables teams to work independently and means the individual services can be deployed and scaled independently. As a result, the system is more…
The shift towards microservices is closely related to both the rise in popularity of agile software development practices and DevOps cultures. These three trends share a common goal: building products that are responsive to user needs while maintaining high quality and high availability. A system…
Service discovery is a fundamental component of microservices architectures, enabling seamless communication and loose coupling between services. By abstracting away the actual location of service instances and automating the process of detecting and identifying available services, service…
If you're new to the world of software architecture, terms like "SOA" might sound like alphabet soup at first. But fear not, we're here to break it down for you in simple terms. SOA stands for Service-Oriented Architecture, a design approach that structures applications as a collection of loosely…
Kubernetes , or K8s as its often known, is an open source platform for deploying containerized applications in distributed systems, where computing resources are provided by multiple separate machines that are connected over a network to form a cluster. Having been designed for very large systems…
Microservices work by splitting applications into task-specific services that connect, but can be programmed, maintained and upgraded independently. In this way, when you need to change the functionality of an application, you can do so by deploying a new microservice or updating only the…
Think of your Microservices like musical instruments: each one excels at a certain purpose, but it takes arrangement, timing and detailed coordination for them to create beautiful music together. If your application is based on microservices or simply split across multiple containers, its time to…
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