microservices_patterns

Break down a monolith by applying decomposition strategies like business capability, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), or the Strangler Fig pattern. This Skill guides you through selecting the right strategy to split monolithic applications into manageable, independent services based on your specific domain.

The Saga pattern manages distributed transactions by coordinating a sequence of local transactions across services. This Skill explains how to implement Sagas to maintain data consistency in microservices architectures without relying on traditional two-phase commits.

Use event-driven architecture with Kafka when you need asynchronous, decoupled communication between microservices. This Skill covers how implementing event-driven patterns enables scalable, resilient inter-service communication by relying on events rather than synchronous requests.

Build resilient microservices by implementing fault-tolerance techniques like the Circuit Breaker, Retry with backoff, and Bulkhead patterns. This Skill demonstrates how to apply these resilience patterns to prevent cascading failures and handle network faults in distributed systems effectively.

Yes, this Skill covers both synchronous communication methods like REST and gRPC, as well as asynchronous event-driven communication. It provides practical examples to help you choose the appropriate inter-service communication pattern based on your specific workload requirements.

You should carefully evaluate the Database Per Service pattern when dealing with complex distributed transactions requiring strict consistency. This Skill addresses these limitations by showing how to pair database isolation with the Saga pattern to manage cross-service data dependencies safely.