Thomas Fricke describes some common patterns to build applications for use in containers, with real world examples using Kubernetes.

Enterprises are turning to microservices and applying microservices patterns in order to properly develop their application architecture. The core idea is to break monolithic applications into smaller ...

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Web services and service-oriented architectures (SOA) have become fundamental components in modern distributed systems, enabling interoperable, flexible and scalable digital ecosystems. However, as ...

The hype surrounding micro front ends is cooling off. Monoliths can be a more suitable software architecture, especially for ...

In the red corner, weighing in with independent scalability and distributed complexity: microservices! In the blue corner, the reigning legacy champion, with its infamous deployment challenges: the ...

Microservices promise to help break down monolithic applications and enable the consistent delivery of services. But they can't do the job without help. This is where event-driven architecture (EDA) ...

Design patterns constitute a fundamental component in the architecture of software systems, providing standardised and reusable solutions to recurring design challenges. Originating from seminal works ...

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 ...

The idea of distributed, componentized applications goes back a long way. Most notoriously, it emerged in the form of the SOA (service-oriented architecture) trend that peaked eight yeas ago. Now, ...