#187 - The Tao of Microservices - Richard Rodger

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“Just because the network is unreliable doesn’t mean a monolith is reliable either. It’s a fallacy to assume that you can build an error free system. You deal with it by accepting that the system overall has a baseline error rate, and that’s a business requirements issue."

Richard Rodger is the author of “The Tao of Microservices”. In this episode, Richard shares a unique philosophical and practical approach to microservices, focusing on core concepts such as messages first, component-based, pattern matching, and transport independence. Our discussion also covers the choice between monoliths and microservices, discussing the challenges of network unreliability and data consistency.

Listen out for:

• Career Journey - [00:01:55]
• The Tao of Microservices - [00:10:12]
• 3 Core Technical Principles - [00:18:22]
• Messages First - [00:27:55]
• Pattern Matching - [00:35:55]
• Monolith vs Microservices - [00:41:18]
• Network Fallacy - [00:45:17]
• Handling Data Consistency - [00:49:30]
• 2 Tech Lead Wisdom - [00:55:47]

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Richard Rodger’s Bio
Richard Rodger is the author of The Tao of Microservices, a book from Manning focused on the design and management of microservice architectures. His first book Mobile Application Development in the Cloud (Wiley, 2010) is one of the first major works on the intersection of Node.js, Cloud, and Mobile.

Richard Rodger is the founder and CEO of voxgig.com, a professional network and tool suite for speakers and event organizers. Richard was previously a co-founder and COO of nearForm.com, the world’s largest specialist Node.js consultancy delivering next-generation enterprise software, with a focus on Node.js and microservices. Before that, Richard was the CTO of FeedHenry, a mobile application platform provider that was acquired by RedHat in 2014.

Richard holds degrees in Mathematics, Philosophy, and Computer Science.

Follow Richard:

• LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/richardrodger
• Twitter – @rjrodger
• Mastodon – @[e-mail]
• Blog – richardrodger.com
• 📚 The Tao of Microservices – https://www.manning.com/books/the-tao-of-microservices

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