Distributed Systems
Stop Dual-Writing: Reliable Event Delivery with Outbox Pattern
Dual writes between databases and message brokers inevitably cause data drift. Here is how the Transactional Outbox pattern guarantees safe event publication.
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Architecture
Stop Forgetting Timeouts: Prevent Cascading Failures
Discover how missing API timeouts cause cascading failures in microservices. Learn how to implement timeouts correctly in Node.js, Python, and Go.