The transition from monoliths to microservices isn't easy. One of the big challenges solution architects must address is how to move existing systems into a microservices-oriented architecture without ...

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When Greg Steel first investigated what the architecture for Xinja was going to look like just over four years ago, a few options were considered. One of those, according to Steel, now CIO of the ...

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A debate going on in the microservices world misses the point of why we deploy microservices in the first place: small is safer. Microservices and containers are quickly becoming part of the ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Microservices oriented architecture is all the rage these days. Why not? It’s hard to ignore the ...

The idea behind microservices and a microservices architecture is relatively simple: hide all the complexities of hardware, operating systems, and different development toolkits behind a standard ...

The promise of microservices' scalability and agility often hides expensive problems that appear in real-world systems. Below, I'll share seven actual microservices failure lessons, which include ...

Developer empowerment is a key part of the microservices trend, says Nginx's Owen Garrett, who offers lessons learned from real world implementations The term “microservices” might be relatively new, ...

Putting green IT, sustainability and lean thinking into a business context. In this guest post, Chris Darvill, vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) solutions engineering at ...