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AI and the ironies of automation - Part 1

November 21, 2025
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It is your fault if your application is down

October 31, 2025
(Big) zucchinis on a table

Solving the wrong problem

October 10, 2025
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The process deadlock

September 19, 2025
Bee flying between lavender blossoms

A note about eventual consistency - Part 2

August 29, 2025
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The limits of the Saga pattern

Why it is not a replacement for distributed transactions

February 19, 2021 Uwe Friedrichsen

13 minute read

(Part of a) wooden sculpture

The Saga pattern has become quite popular in the context of microservices. While it basically is described correctly in the referenced source, most often I see a grave misunderstanding.

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The microservices fallacy - Part 11

General complementing recommendations

February 5, 2021 Uwe Friedrichsen

13 minute read

Forecourt of Lido Leisure Center at night (Riga, Latvia)

This post complements the discussion of the previous posts with a few general complementing recommendations and concludes this blog post series.

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    • microservices
    • design
    • requirements
    • simplify

The microservices fallacy - Part 10

Microliths

January 29, 2021 Uwe Friedrichsen

12 minute read

Summer day at the Pegnitz in Nuremberg (Germany)

In this post we take a look at microliths as an alternative to microservices.

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The microservices fallacy - Part 9

Moduliths

January 22, 2021 Uwe Friedrichsen

11 minute read

Scenic backyard (seen in Passau, Germany)

In this post we take a look at moduliths as an alternative to microservices.

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The microservices fallacy - Part 8

When (not) to choose microservices

January 15, 2021 Uwe Friedrichsen

5 minute read

Loschwitz bridge (Blaues Wunder) at night (Dresden, Germany)

In this post we start to make sense of what we have discussed so far – when we should use microservices, when not to use them and what to do instead.

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Recent Posts

AI and the ironies of automation - Part 1

November 21, 2025
Top of a maple tree with red leaves

It is your fault if your application is down

October 31, 2025
(Big) zucchinis on a table

Solving the wrong problem

October 10, 2025
Funny wooden seagull in front of some plants

The process deadlock

September 19, 2025
Bee flying between lavender blossoms

A note about eventual consistency - Part 2

August 29, 2025
Ducks in the surf
View more posts

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