microservices-design
Master the core patterns for building distributed systems that scale independently. This skill covers service boundaries, asynchronous event communication, saga-based transactions with compensation logic, API gateway configuration, and health monitoring strategies. Includes anti-patterns to avoid and a practical checklist for implementation.
Microservices Design teaches distributed architecture patterns including event-driven communication, saga transactions, and API gateway routing.
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What are the key microservices design patterns?
microservices-design covers foundational patterns including service decomposition, API gateway routing, event-driven communication, and saga-based distributed transactions. The skill teaches how to establish clear service boundaries, implement asynchronous messaging between services, and handle multi-service transactions through compensation logic. You'll learn architectural best practices for scaling services independently while maintaining system cohesion and reliability.
How does the saga pattern handle distributed transactions?
microservices-design explains saga pattern implementation for coordinating transactions across multiple services without traditional two-phase commits. The skill covers both orchestration and choreography approaches, detailing how compensation logic rolls back failed steps. You'll understand idempotent event handlers, timeout strategies, and recovery mechanisms to ensure data consistency across service boundaries in event-driven architectures.
What is event-driven architecture in microservices?
microservices-design teaches event-driven communication as a core pattern for loose coupling between services. Rather than synchronous API calls, services publish and subscribe to events through brokers or message queues. The skill covers event sourcing, event handlers, and asynchronous workflows that enable services to react to state changes across the system while maintaining independence and scalability.
How do you set up an API gateway for microservices?
microservices-design provides practical guidance on API gateway configuration for routing requests to appropriate services, enforcing authentication and authorization, implementing rate limiting, and aggregating responses. The skill covers gateway responsibilities in request transformation, protocol translation, and cross-cutting concerns, helping you design a gateway that protects backend services while providing a unified entry point for clients.
What microservices anti-patterns should I avoid?
microservices-design identifies common pitfalls including distributed monoliths, chatty service communication, improper service boundaries, and ignoring failure modes. The skill teaches how to recognize anti-patterns like tight coupling, synchronous cascades, and inadequate monitoring. You'll learn to avoid premature microservices adoption and understand when monolithic or hybrid architectures better suit your needs.
How should service boundaries be structured in microservices?
microservices-design guides you through defining service boundaries based on business capabilities and domain-driven design principles. The skill emphasizes identifying cohesive responsibilities, managing data ownership, and designing contracts between services. You'll learn strategies for avoiding cross-service dependencies, establishing clear interfaces, and organizing teams around service ownership for sustainable, scalable architectures.
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Microservices Design
Service Boundaries
Define services around business capabilities, not technical layers. Each service owns its data store and exposes a clear API contract.
order-service/ -> owns orders table, publishes OrderCreated events
inventory-service/ -> owns inventory table, subscribes to OrderCreated
payment-service/ -> owns payments table, handles payment processing
notification-service -> stateless, subscribes to events, sends emails/SMS
Event-Driven Communication
interface DomainEvent {
eventId: string;
eventType: string;
aggregateId: string;
timestamp: string;
version: number;
payload: Record<string, unknown>;
}
const orderCreatedEvent: DomainEvent = {
eventId: crypto.randomUUID(),
eventType: "order.created",
aggregateId: orderId,
timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
version: 1,
payload: { customerId, items, totalAmount },
};
await broker.publish("orders", orderCreatedEvent);
```typescript async function handleOrderCreated(event:
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