Tag: API Gateway

The Patterns That Actually Matter: What Building Microservices at Scale Taught Me About Distributed Systems

Posted on 7 min read

The first time I decomposed a monolith into microservices, I made every mistake in the book. We ended up with a distributed monolith—all the complexity of microservices with none of the benefits. That painful experience taught me that microservices architecture isn’t about the services themselves; it’s about the patterns that make them work together. Microservices… Continue reading

Azure API Management: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Enterprise API Strategy

Posted on 5 min read

In my two decades of building enterprise systems, few architectural decisions have proven as consequential as API strategy. Azure API Management has evolved from a simple gateway into a comprehensive platform for managing the entire API lifecycle. Whether you’re exposing internal services to partners, building a developer ecosystem, or modernizing legacy systems through API facades,… Continue reading