Building resilient software systems can be difficult, especially when they are distributed. Executing a long-running business process or workflow that involves multiple different service boundaries requires a lot of resiliency. Everything needs to be available and functioning because if something fails mid-way through, you can be left in an inconsistent state. What’s a solution? Workflow orchestration and removing direct service to service communication and temporal coupling. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Workflow When working with a monolith and a single database, all database… Read More »Workflow Orchestration for Resilient Systems

Distributed tracing is great for observing how a request flows through a set of distributed services. However, it can also be used as a band-aid to mask a problem that you shouldn’t have. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Distributed Tracing So why is distributed tracing helpful? When you’re working within a Monolith, you generally have an entire request processed within the same process. This means if there is a failure of any sort, you can capture the entire stack trace. When you’re in… Read More »Distributed Tracing to discover a Distributed BIG BALL of MUD