Hi,

This newsletter covers the following topics:

• My training offerings: groups vs. individuals
• Introducing Assemblage: a microservice architecture definition process
• Discount for my microservices data patterns bootcamp

Sincerely,

Chris

Each week I get numerous inquiries about my training offerings and I want to clarify the different types:



• Microservices architecture and Designing microservices workshops - these are for groups of software builders within a single company. You cannot sign up as an individual. If you are interested please ask your VP/CxO to contact me.



• The microservices data patterns bootcamp - this boot camp is for individuals. It's self-paced so you can sign up at any time and get started.

The essence of applying the Microservice architecture pattern is defining the service architecture: identifying the services, defining their responsibilities, their APIs and their collaborations (with other services). Choosing the right technical architecture - deployment platform, message broker, etc. - also matters. But that’s a far easier and much less important task. That’s because if you define your services incorrectly you will create a fragile, and difficult to maintain distributed monolith that can threaten your organization’s very existence. And to make matters worse, defining the service architecture isn’t just a matter of reading the manual. It’s a design activity that involves numerous, and often tricky trade-offs.

I’ve written a lot about how the dark energy and dark matter forces can help define a service architeture. And, in a few talks, I’ve briefly described the architecture definition process, which is based on dark energy/matter, that I like to use. But until now, it’s not something I’ve described in detail outside of my microservice architecture workshops. The goal of this article is to properly introduce my architecture definition process, which I’ve named Assemblage.

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I help organizations around the world (the Americas, Europe and APAC) use the microservice architecture.

I provide consulting and training to help you successfully adopt and use the microservice architecture.

I'm also available to speak at internal conferences and other corporate events.

Need help with a specific microservice architecture problem? Sign up for office hours.

It covers the key distributed data management patterns including Saga, API Composition, and CQRS.

The bootcamp consists of video lectures, quizzes and code walk-throughs/labs. It's self-paced and you can start at any time. There is a weekly ask-me-anything video conference repeated in multiple timezones.

Use the coupon KGBJMRAM to sign up for $195 ($200 discount). There are bigger discounts for buying multiple seats (10+ and 20+). Bulk purchases come with the option of private, paid Q&A sessions. Valid until March 8th, 2023.

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