6 articles tagged with "Distributed systems"
A practical guide to the transactional outbox pattern: how to publish events reliably from a database write, avoid dual-write bugs, and handle replay.
Zubair Hasan 10 min read A practical guide to designing idempotent API endpoints. Covers idempotency keys, HTTP semantics, storage patterns and the edge cases that usually bite first.
Zubair Hasan 9 min read A practical comparison of message queues for developers: when to reach for RabbitMQ, Kafka, or SQS, plus delivery guarantees, ordering, and real costs.
Gareth Clubb 10 min read Learn how event-driven architecture works, when to use it, and how to implement it. A practical guide covering patterns, tools, and real-world trade-offs.
Zubair Hasan 9 min read Learn the key differences between observability vs monitoring and why modern developers need both to build reliable systems.
Jonny Rowse 8 min read A pragmatic approach to microservices that helps teams avoid common pitfalls and adopt the pattern where it genuinely adds value.
Gareth Clubb 8 min read