118 discussions in the community
hey everyone, i'm trying to figure out when we should add an API gateway to our setup. we're still a monolith, but it's getting tough to handle things...
We've all hit that point where the database is just slow, you know, latency spikes and all that. We've put in local caching where it made sense, but n...
I've been thinking about when it makes sense to set up a Content Delivery Network. We're sending out assets all over the world now, and it works, sure...
hey everyone, i'm trying to wrap my head around when the relational model really starts to show its limitations. we're currently all-in on sql, but i ...
hey everyone, i've been thinking about how services find each other when things are always changing. we've used client-side discovery with stuff like ...
Hey everyone, I've been thinking about API design lately. We all know idempotency is super important, especially for things that change stuff, like PO...
hey everyone, ive been setting up distributed tracing in our microservices architecture using OpenTelemetry, and im finding the sheer volume of data o...
we're building out a few public APIs and need to implement rate limiting to prevent abuse and ensure fair usage. i've seen a few approaches like token...
i've been thinking about scaling some of our services and the database connection is often a bottleneck. we're currently opening and closing connectio...
hey everyone, i'm wrestling with a common real-time system challenge, efficiently getting fresh data to users without burning out our servers. we're s...
ive been thinking a lot about performance lately, especially how to serve static assets quickly to users all over the world. Weve seen a lot of discus...
we're looking at putting in a message queue for how different services talk to each other, and that part seems pretty clear. but, the consumer side of...
hey everyne, ive been thinkin bout how we do background jobs in our microservices. often these jobs get pretty complex, like multiple steps or depende...
hey all, i've been wrestling with distributed transactions lately. for cross-service operations, the saga pattern seems popular for handling eventual ...
hey everyone, i've been thinking a lot about api versioning lately. we're about to launch a new version of our main api and need to decide on the best...
so, i've been wondering when we should actually get a cdn for our static stuff, you know, images, css, js. we're getting some serious traffic lately, ...
hey everyone, im curious about the best practices for managing sensitive information like api keys, database credentials, and certificates across a gr...
hey all, ive been wrestling with ensuring idempotency in a few microservices lately, especially when dealing with external event triggers. weve implem...
Hey everyone, I need to build a new feature that'll push real-time updates to possibly thousands of clients at once. We're leaning towards something c...
lately, i've been thinking a lot about how we secure our apis. beyond the basics like oauth2, what are your preferred methods for authenticating users...
