Architecture

Loose coupling. High throughput. Independent deployments. Everyone knows EDA is scalable — but almost nobody talks about what happens after you ship it to production. Here are the real engineering tradeoffs every Java developer needs to understand.

Microservices aren't always the answer. Learn why Shopify — processing 284 million requests per minute on Black Friday — chose a modular monolith over microservices, and how you can apply the same architecture in Java/Spring Boot.

Master system design interviews with this comprehensive visual guide. Covering scalability, distributed systems, and interview strategies through an easy-to-follow slide deck.

Shopify processes some of the highest traffic loads anywhere. Behind the scenes, a streaming event core built on Apache Kafka enables this scale by decoupling services, enabling real-time analytics, and powering machine learning workflows.

A practical guide to core system design concepts with definitions, examples, diagrams, and interview tips.