The Best Microservices Design Patterns Explained Like You’re Ordering Pizza

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The post creatively explains various microservices design patterns using a pizza-making analogy. It covers essential patterns like Single Responsibility, API Gateway, Database per Service, Circuit Breaker, Event Sourcing, Saga, Strangler, Bulkhead, CQRS, Sidecar, and Backend for Frontend (BFF). Each pattern is described with its benefits and real-life examples to illustrate its practical application in software engineering.

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Oct 10, 2024•8m read time•From dev.to

Table of contents

1. The Single Responsibility Pattern (aka "The Only Pepperoni Guy"):2. API Gateway Pattern (aka "The Friendly Waiter")3. Database per Service Pattern (aka "Each Chef Has Their Own Fridge")4. The Circuit Breaker Pattern (aka "The Pizza Overload Savior")5. Event Sourcing Pattern (aka "The Order History Vault")6. Saga Pattern (aka "The Pizza-Making Assembly Line")7. Strangler Pattern (aka "Replace the Old Pizza Recipe, One Slice at a Time")8. Bulkhead Pattern (aka "The Titanic, But With Pizza")9. CQRS Pattern (aka "Order and Track with Two Different Windows")10. Sidecar Pattern (aka "The Pizza Assistant")11. BFF (Backend for Frontend) Pattern (aka "Customized Pizza Delivery")