Distributed systems are powerful and help us address many problems but they often introduce others. Ensuring transactional continuity in multi-step processes are particularly difficult challenges. One that comes up a lot for me (for instance) is updating a database and publishing an event to a event stream simultaneously. This can... [Read More]

Event-driven Architecture (EDA) represents a paradigm shift in the design of enterprise solutions. While traditional architectures like Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Microservices Architecture (MSA) have long been the standards, EDA offers unique advantages that are worth exploring. In this post, we will compare EDA with these traditional architectures, highlighting their... [Read More]

In the realm (I think I say ‘realm’ a lot) of enterprise solution architecture, ensuring reliable and consistent transactions across multiple services or applications is a significant challenge. The saga pattern is a powerful solution to this problem, providing a way to manage distributed transactions without relying on things like... [Read More]

Event-driven architecture (EDA) has become a cornerstone of modern application design, praised for its scalability and responsiveness. However, poorly managed EDA can lead to what is ominously referred to as “event hell,” where the complexity and volume of events become unmanageable. These are the types of mistakes that give a... [Read More]

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