Microservices from the Trenches. A Guide through the Architecture, Design, Code

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E-commerce platform migrates to an Ibex microservices landscape on Google Cloud with a single TypeScript stack (React/Node/React Native), separate storage per service (MongoDB, Postgres, Firebase), and pipelines managed as Terraform templates. Delivery follows 70/20/10 time split for horizon work, continuous renovation and micro teams of 1–3 people. Infrastructure runs 125 codebases with 125 pipelines, tests include ~1,000 small unit tests and pipelines ~7–10 minutes, enabling 30–40 deploys/day with feature flags and service-to-service data access.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:40Session "Microservices from the Trenches. A Guide through the Architecture, Design, Code" by Sander Hoogendoorn
3. 47:22Sander answers questions from the audience
4. 1:06:23Outro

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