Best of Distributed SystemsAugust 2023

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    Microservices can be simple — if we let them

    Microservices can be simple - if we let them. We’ll explain how our new data platform can both be seamless and radically improved by rethinking the way these services can be provided. In transactional, distributed systems, transactions are ordered internally and they serve both reads and writes from their internal storage.

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    System Design Basics: 5 Common Caching Misunderstandings Explained

    There's a cloud of misconceptions floating around caching, leading many engineers astray. Some believe caching is a ‘set-it-and-forget-it’ deal, others think it’s a magical solution to all performance issues. Caching is an art, a strategic approach to improve system performance.

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    Avatar of cloudnativedailyCloud Native Daily·3y

    Best Observability Tools for Microservices

    Microservices architecture has become popular among developers due to its scalability and flexibility. Helios Helios is an observability tool that offers comprehensive monitoring and analytics solutions for microservices and distributed applications. Lightstep Lightstep is a leading observability platform that helps to gain deep insights into the performance and behavior of microservices architectures.