Architecture & Design Round-Up

A Collection of Top Architecture & Design News, Articles, Presentations May 2022 [InfoQ] Architecture & Design Round-Up Sponsored by [D2iQ] [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [Top News](#news), [Top Articles](#top-articles), [Top Presentations & Podcasts](#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 [Netflix Studio Search: Using Elasticsearch and Apache Flink to Index Federated GraphQL Data]( (news, Apr 19, 2022) [Building Resiliency into the Twitter Ad Pacing Service]( (news, Apr 20, 2022) [The Top Three Priorities for Engineering Leaders in 2022 and beyond]( (articles, Apr 14, 2022) [Designing Secure Tenant Isolation in Python for Serverless Apps]( (articles, Apr 20, 2022) [BBC New Serverless Platform Improves Scalability and Performance]( (news, Apr 15, 2022) [Kubernetes Best Practices (By O'Reilly)]( This eBook provides the guidance and tools you need to successfully build and manage applications on Kubernetes, as well as empowering IT administrators and developers to standardize deployments, increase the availability of their applications, and streamline maintenance operations. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Kubernetes Best Practices]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [Software Architecture and Design InfoQ Trends Report—April 2022]( (articles, Apr 04, 2022) [API Showdown: REST vs. GraphQL vs. gRPC – Which Should You Use?]( (podcasts, Jan 17, 2022) [Managing Technical Debt in a Microservice Architecture]( (articles, Feb 02, 2022) [Software Architecture: It Might Not Be What You Think It Is]( (articles, Apr 15, 2022) [Seven Ways to Fail at Microservices]( (presentations, Mar 17, 2022) [] Top News [AWS Introduces Lambda Function URLs to Simplify Serverless Deployments]( AWS recently announced the general availability of Lambda Function URLs, a feature that lets developers directly configure a HTTPS endpoint and CORS headers for a Lambda function without provisioning other services. [Google Announces Second Generation Cloud Functions]( Google recently announced the public preview of the second generation of Cloud Functions, the functions as a service platform on Google Cloud. The new version introduces more controls over functions runtime, provides better performances and scalability and supports triggers from more than 90 event sources. [Easy Google Cloud Solution Architecture Designs with the Architecture Diagramming Tool]( Recently, Google released an Architecture Diagramming Tool allowing the creation of architectural diagram of solution architecture with the available Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. [DZone RefCard: Advanced Kubernetes]( There are currently many learning resources to get started with the fundamentals of Kubernetes, but there is less information on how to manage Kubernetes infrastructure on an ongoing basis. This Refcard aims to deliver quick, accessible information for operators using any Kubernetes product. [Download now](. Sponsored content [DZone RefCard: Advanced Kubernetes]( [Incorrect IAM Policy Raised Questions about AWS Access to S3 Data]( An unexpected change in the policy used by AWS Support raised concerns about access to customers' S3 data. The cloud provider reverted the change, stating that the permissions were not and could not be used and published a security bulletin. Security experts suggest steps to detect and prevent similar issues in the future. [Scaling and Automating Microservice Testing at Lyft]( Lyft used cloud-based isolated environments for several purposes, including end-to-end testing. As the number of microservices increased, tests using these environments became harder to scale and lost value. Recent articles describe how Lyft shifted to testing using request isolation in a shared staging environment and used acceptance tests to gate production deployments. [] Top Articles [Seven Ways to Fail at Microservices]( At QCon Plus last November, I presented some of the ways microservices can go wrong. These problems are based on my experience – which, unfortunately, I see repeatedly in the field. [article]( [Ballerina for Full-Stack Developers: a Guide to Creating Backend APIs]( This article explores Ballerina’s intuitive syntax for writing REST APIs. We also discuss authentication, auth/z, OpenAPI tools, observability, SQL/NoSQL client libraries, and key language features. [article]( [A Standardized, Specification-Driven API Lifecycle]( At QCon Plus last November, Kin Lane, Chief Evangelist with Postman, and the Open Technologies Team lead presented on API specifications. [article]( [Using Emergence and Scaffolding to Address Complexity in Product Development]( The use of scaffolding and emergence has utility in delivery, supporting the bootstrapping of knowledge and close customer collaboration which in turn supports a more organic approach to delivery. [article]( [Decision Maker's Checklist: Key Capabilities for Kubernetes in the Public Cloud]( While there are many benefits using Kubernetes on the public cloud, they also come with some tradeoffs, which can make adoption difficult. Download this checklist to help your team identify opportunities to streamline processes, reduce overhead costs & get the most out of your cloud K8s investment. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Decision Maker's Checklist]( [] Top Podcasts & Presentations [Airbnb at Scale]( Selina Liu walks through what it takes to decompose a large and complex monolith into independent, performant services, and how they evolve and scale the architecture with changing business needs. [Selina Liu]( [Architecting for Resilience Panel]( Nora Jones, Dan Lorenc, and Varun Talwar discuss what architecting for resiliency means, sharing ready-to-use examples, and ideas that can be employed in other contexts. [QCon Plus]( [Federated GraphQL to Solve Service Sprawl at Major League Baseball]( Olessya Medvedeva and Matt Oliver discuss how they have begun to implement a Federated GraphQL architecture to solve the issue of service discovery, sprawl and ultimately getting the data needed. [Federated GraphQL]( [[Panel Discussion] InfoQ Software Architecture & Design Trends 2022]( Each year, InfoQ editors discuss what we’ve been observing across the entire software development landscape, and create several trends reports, each with its own graph of the adoption curve. [Panel]( [The Architecture Advice Process with Andrew Harmel-Law]( Thomas Betts talks to Andrew Harmel-Law about how an advice process allows anyone to make an architectural decision, once they’ve had necessary conversations and properly documented their decision. [Podcast]( [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