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gRPC in Backend Systems: Where It Fits and Where It Does Not

A practical look at gRPC for internal service communication without treating it as a replacement for every HTTP API.

engineering #grpc #dotnet #microservices

The Saga Pattern: Coordinating Work Without a Distributed Transaction

What the Saga pattern solves, where compensating actions become difficult, and when a simpler design is better.

engineering #microservices #distributed-systems #saga