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Software Architecture June 02, 2026

Microservices vs Monolith: Choosing the Right Architecture for Your Stage

The microservices vs. monolith debate isn't one-size-fits-all. This guide helps engineering teams choose the right architecture based on team size, scale, and product maturity.

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Software Architecture April 02, 2026

Event-Driven Architecture with Apache Kafka: Patterns and Pitfalls

Kafka enables high-throughput event streaming for decoupled microservices. Learn producer/consumer patterns, consumer groups, schema evolution, and how to avoid the most common EDA mistakes.

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Software Architecture March 31, 2026

Saga Orchestration vs. Choreography in Distributed Transactions

Distributed microservices cannot rely on database locks. Learn how Saga patterns coordinate multi-step transactions using Orchestration or Choreography workflows.

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Software Architecture March 19, 2026

The Outbox Pattern: Guaranteeing Eventual Consistency in Distributed Systems

Updating a database and publishing an event to a message broker in a single action often leads to race conditions. Use the Outbox Pattern to guarantee dual-write consistency.

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