Architecting Scalable Microservices
Patterns, Resilience, and High-Throughput Event-Driven Systems
by Sarah Jenkins, Ph.D. · English · ISBN 978-0-13-468599-1 · PDF, EPUB
Tags: Microservices, Distributed Systems, Software Architecture, Cloud Computing, Kafka
A masterclass guide for principal engineers and architects designing high-scale cloud platforms. Covers gRPC, asynchronous messaging with Kafka, distributed transactions using Sagas, zero-trust security perimeter, and automated multi-region failover strategies.
Sample Excerpt
“Modern cloud architectures must accommodate unpredictability. When traffic spikes tenfold within milliseconds, naive synchronous HTTP cascades crumble under cascading latency spikes...”
Reader Reviews
Indispensable guide for production microservices
The chapter on outbox patterns and saga error compensation saved our team months of trial and error. Deeply grounded in real distributed systems theory.
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