Architecture & Design Round-Up

A Collection of Top Architecture & Design News, Articles, Presentations April 2024 [InfoQ] Architecture & Design Round-Up Sponsored by [Hasura] [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [Top News](#news), [Top Articles](#top-articles), [Top Presentations](#top-presentations-and-interviews) In this special newsletter we bring you up to date on all the new content and news related to Architecture & Design on InfoQ. We are also maintaining a portal page for this content on InfoQ at: [(. [] Latest Content on InfoQ [Reddit Migrates Media Metadata from S3 and Other Systems into AWS Aurora Postgres]( (news, Mar 31, 2024) [Netflix Uses Metaflow to Manage Hundreds of AI/ML Applications at Scale]( (news, Mar 27, 2024) [Venkat Subramaniam on Architecture Patterns and Practices]( (podcasts, Mar 25, 2024) [Building a Large Scale Real-Time Ad Events Processing System]( (presentations, Mar 21, 2024) [Taming Microservices Complexity with a Supergraph Architecture]( Microservices are a popular counter to the monolith. But as their use has expanded, so has the complexity and tangled mess of enterprise architectures. Hasura CEO and co-founder Tanmai Gopal discusses why architects are rethinking the way they build, maintain and integrate microservices. [Watch Now](. Sponsored content [Taming Microservices Complexity with a Supergraph Architecture - Sponsored by Hasura]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [NIST 800-207A: Implementing Zero Trust Architecture]( (presentations, Mar 02, 2024) [Uber Builds Scalable Chat Using Microservices with GraphQL Subscriptions and Kafka]( (news, Mar 07, 2024) [How Netflix Ensures Highly-Reliable Online Stateful Systems]( (presentations, Feb 12, 2024) [Lessons from Leading the Serverless First Journey at CapitalOne]( (presentations, Mar 11, 2024) [] Top News [Uber's CacheFront: Powering 40M Reads per Second with Significantly Reduced Latency]( Uber developed an innovative caching solution, CacheFront, for its in-house distributed database, Docstore. CacheFront enables over 40M reads per second from online storage and achieves substantial performance improvements, including a 75% reduction in P75 latency and over 67% reduction in P99.9 latency, demonstrating its effectiveness in enhancing system efficiency and scalability. [DoorDash Uses CockroachDB to Create Config Management Platform for Microservices]( DoorDash created a configuration management platform to help its logistics team maintain the growing number of business preferences and configuration values. The company used CockroachDB for persistence and simplified the architecture compared with the previous solution. The new platform enables experimentation, improves configuration value lifecycle, and provides flexibility and extendibility. [Decathlon Adopts Backend for Frontend (BFF) Pattern to Empower FE Teams]( Decathlon established the Backend For Frontend (BFF) architectural pattern as a company-wide recommendation and provided guidelines for its adoption among engineering teams. The four-part series introduces the pattern and explores its benefits and potential pitfalls. The company also shares available alternatives to using the BFF pattern and reviews architectural considerations. [The Architect’s Dilemma: Navigating the world of GraphQL]( GraphQL is a powerful technology that, when implemented correctly, can outperform REST APIs in terms of efficiency and performance. However, building GraphQL APIs correctly requires a deep understanding of its principles and potential pitfalls. This article walks you through some best practices. [Learn more](. Sponsored content [The Architect’s Dilemma: Navigating the world of GraphQL - Sponsored by Hasura]( [] Top Articles [Architecting for High Availability in the Cloud with Cellular Architecture]( Cellular architecture is a design pattern that helps achieve high availability in multi-tenant applications. [article]( [Agile Architecture, Lean Architecture, or Both?]( When it comes to software architecture, should you adopt an agile or a lean approach? The answer, of course, is "it depends," as each approach is best suited to different circumstances. [article]( [Relational Data at the Edge: How Cloudflare Operates Distributed PostgreSQL Clusters]( Discover how Cloudflare leverages distributed PostgreSQL clusters at the edge, tackling challenges like replication lag. The cross-region architecture ensures resilience and quick failovers. [article]( [Unlocking the Full Potential of Data Mesh with GraphQL]( The white paper highlights data access challenges and proposes a "data mesh" for decentralized data ownership, self-serve infrastructure, and federated governance. GraphQL is recommended for its dynamic queries, semantic data representation, and more. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Revolutionizing Data Architecture: Harnessing the Power of Data Mesh and GraphQL - Sponsored by Hasura]( [] Top Presentations [Orchestrating Resilience: Building Modern Asynchronous Systems]( Sai Pragna Etikyala discusses her journey at Twilio, sharing practical examples from their projects, the challenges they faced, and how they overcame them. [Sai Pragna Etikyala]( [The Journey to a Million Ops / Sec / Node in Venice]( Alex Dubrouski, and Gaojie Liu discuss some of the tricks used in their pursuit to lower read latency and to reach 1M operations per second per node. [Alex Dubrouski, and Gaojie Liu]( [Trust Deterministic Execution to Scale and Simplify Your Systems]( Frank Yu discusses how to make a mission critical business logic deterministic and fast, providing both intuitive and not-so-obvious architecture choices. [Frank Yu]( [Designing Fault-Tolerant Software with Control System Transparency]( Jon Moore discusses four principles from the architectural paper "GN&C [Guidance, Navigation, and Control] Fault Protection Fundamentals" by Robert D. Rasmussen for building fault-tolerant software. [Jon Moore]( [Connect with InfoQ on Twitter]( [Connect with InfoQ on Facebook]( [Connect with InfoQ on LinkedIn]( [Connect with InfoQ on Youtube]( You have received this message because you are subscribed to the “Special Reports Newsletter”. To stop receiving this email, please click the following link: [Unsubscribe]( C4Media Inc. (InfoQ.com), 2275 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Suite #325, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M8V 3Y3