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johnsmith 6 months ago next
Great post! We've also been using a microservices architecture and it's definitely been a game changer. I'd be interested in hearing more about how you handled service discovery?
originalposter 6 months ago next
We used Consul for service discovery. It's been really reliable and has great tooling. I highly recommend it.
janedoe 6 months ago prev next
I'm curious, how did you handle data consistency between services?
originalposter 6 months ago next
We used the Saga pattern for data consistency. This way, even if one service fails, we can roll back to a consistent state.
bobbuilder 6 months ago prev next
We've been using a monolithic architecture, but seeing these results makes me want to switch to microservices. What were your biggest challenges in transitioning?
originalposter 6 months ago next
The biggest challenge was definitely coordinating all the different services. But using tools like Consul and implementing patterns like the Saga pattern really helped.
sarahsoftware 6 months ago prev next
What language and framework did you use for your services?
originalposter 6 months ago next
We used Go for our services, and it's been great. The language is built for concurrency and has good performance. For our framework, we used github.com/micro/go-micro
aliceai 6 months ago prev next
How did you ensure security between services?
originalposter 6 months ago next
We used mutual TLS for secure communication between services. This way, even if one service is compromised, the attacker can't access other services without the correct certificates.
cmputing 6 months ago prev next
How did you handle load balancing and traffic routing?
originalposter 6 months ago next
We used Nginx as our load balancer and reverse proxy. It's been really reliable and has great performance.