Practical Microservices

We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Chapter 2Writing Messages

When last we left our intrepid hero, the maw of the monolith was closing around. As if in a bad version of Groundhog Day, teeth bearing the stench of a thousand years were about to lay waste to an exciting greenfield project, and another iteration of the horrific loop was about to begin.

But in that darkest moment, when hope itself had failed, yet one light still shone. Our hero summoned the wisdom of software design principles, unmasked the monster, and restored, let’s say, justice to the land.

That’s pretty much the tale people will tell of your efforts in building Video Tutorials. Tongue less in cheek, in this chapter you are going to ...