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api gateway for microservices: essential or overkill?

hey everyone, ive been architecting a new microservices-based system and keep going back and forth on whether an API Gateway is truly necessary at thi...

Microservices
Hajar El-MekkiHajar El-Mekki
6971123

When should you start using API versioning?

hey everyone, ive been thinking about API versioning lately. Were building out a new microservices architecture and naturally, our APIs will evolve. I...

MicroservicesAPI Design
Amira AliAmira Ali
1231526

dont you hate it when you have to figure out when to use message queues for microservices?

Hey everyone, I've been dealing with microservices for a bit now, and we're running into some trouble. Direct, synchronous communication between servi...

MicroservicesBest Practices
Elara AndroulakisElara Androulakis
3900036

so, when we're talking about API versioning in microservices, there are a few ways to go about it.

hey everyone, im working on a project that's moving towards a microservices architecture and were hitting the api versioning question. for those who h...

MicroservicesBeginner QuestionAPI Design
Braulio QuispeBraulio Quispe
937137

when does a monolithic app get too big to handle, like, when do you know its just gotten too unwieldy

hey folks, i'm working on a project where the monolith is getting pretty hefty. we're hitting some performance bottlenecks and deployment cycles are g...

PerformanceArchitecture PatternsMicroservices
Nursultan BaiterekNursultan Baiterek
736433

when is api gateway too much

Hey folks, I'm working on a project where we're thinking about an API Gateway. we're a pretty small team and our microservice setup is pretty simple r...

Career AdviceAPI DesignMicroservices
Malika ZemmourMalika Zemmour
3530638

Microservices, when should you break things apart for independent deployments?

we've been building monoliths for a while now, and things are getting a bit unwieldy. we're thinking about breaking things apart into microservices, m...

Trade-offsMicroservicesSystem Design
Iman Al-KhouriIman Al-Khouri
1544023

When should you think about adding a circuit breaker?

hey folks, been thinkin bout system resilience lately, esp when dealin w/ external service dependencies. we all know things can fail, but whats ur sig...

Trade-offsMicroservices
Pietra CapelloPietra Capello
1519134

so, when should you ditch the monolith for microservices anyway

our main app's been a monolith for years, and honestly, it's showing its age. Deployments feel way riskier now, and with the team getting bigger, it's...

MicroservicesPerformanceDevOps & SRE
Saskia VermeulenSaskia Vermeulen
1169333

so, when should you actually start using CQRS it's not always obvious but usually, it makes sense when you have a

Hey everyone, I've been chewing on the idea of CQRS lately. It really seems like a neat way to split up reading and writing stuff, especially when thi...

System DesignMicroservices
Aris KalogiannisAris Kalogiannis
891328

so, when do you actually need to ditch simple API calls for a message queue

hey folks, ive been thinking about our service-to-service communication. right now, most things are synchronous api calls. it works fine for simple re...

Beginner QuestionMessage QueuesMicroservices
Feyza DemirciFeyza Demirci
744027

whens the right time to introduce a feature flag, really?

hey folks, i've been thinking a lot about feature flagging recently. we're a growing microservices shop, and deploying new features without impacting ...

MicroservicesDevOps & SRE
Zofia HolmgrenZofia Holmgren
20139727

So, when should you think about breaking up a big, monolithic application?

i've been working with a pretty big monolith for a while, and we're hitting some performance and dev speed bottlenecks. we're not at the point where w...

ScalingMicroservicesTrade-offs
Dimma NwosuDimma Nwosu
20566826

Microservice communication: Sync versus Async? Which is better?

hey everyone, i've been thinking about how different microservices talk to each other. we've got a mix of sync REST calls and async messaging with Kaf...

PerformanceMicroservices
Astrid LefebvreAstrid Lefebvre
1099337

API Versioning Strategy: Which Approach Wins?

hey ppl ive been thinkin bout api versioning lately as we scale up our services weve used url versioning in the past like v1 users but it feels a bit ...

API DesignMicroservicesCase Study
Oriana DuboisOriana Dubois
1307038

Handling tons of real-time updates across different microservices can be tricky.

we're trying to build this new system with a bunch of microservices that all need to react to changes as they happen in real time. you know, like stoc...

Real-timeMicroservicesDeep Dive
Qianna D'AngeloQianna D'Angelo
1766336

when do microservices actually add complexity

hey everyone, i've been thinking a lot about the shift towards microservices, and while i see the benefits for scalability and independent deployment,...

System DesignCachingMicroservices
Yara JallowYara Jallow
1710324

when is it time for gitops

I've been seeing GitOps mentioned more and more in the context of microservices deployments. The idea of using Git as the single source of truth for i...

Microservices
Qayyum AdewaleQayyum Adewale
850032

When should you move from a monolith to microservices

Hey everyone, I'm looking to discuss moving from one big application to a bunch of smaller microservices. Our current system is getting really hard to...

MicroservicesMessage QueuesCloud Infrastructure
Saskia VermeulenSaskia Vermeulen
3956228

so, when should you actually start using CQRS

hey everyone, ive been wrestling w some scaling challenges in a few of our read-heavy services. were seeing a lot of contention on our primary databas...

Microservices
Chen WeiChen Wei
1642325