Workflows

Going from a single monolithic application to a set of small, independent microservices has clear benefits. Microservices enable reusability, make it easier to change and scale apps on demand. At the same time, they introduce new challenges. No longer is there a single monolith with all the business logic neatly contained and services communicating with simple method calls. In the microservices world, communication has to go over the wire with REST or some kind of eventing mechanism and you need to find a way to get independent microservices to work toward a common goal. Read More ↗︎

Challenges in connecting services When I think about my recent projects, I probably spent half of my time coding new services and the other half in connecting services. Service A calling Service B, or Service C calling an external service and using the result to feed into another Service D. Connecting services is one of those things that ‘should be easy’ but in reality, it takes a lot of time and effort. Read More →