166: Are Services the New Rewrite?

Chris & Derek discuss the world of services, exploring the various forms SOA can take, the oft stated benefits, and some of the pitfalls they commonly see in the wild. The discussion ranges from alternative architectures, guidelines for how to think about services within your platform, and even includes an anecdote about thoughtbot's foray into the world of SOA on Upcase.

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• The Entity Service Antipattern
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• Netflix - Chaos Monkey
• Goodbye Microservices: From 100s of problem children to 1 superstar (Segment)
• Upcase

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