Demystifying Microservices: Patterns and Pitfalls

Transitioning from a monolith to microservices sounds tempting but comes with severe trade-offs. We break down standard design patterns like API Gateways, Event Sourcing, Database-per-service, and CQRS. We also discuss common pitfalls like distributed transactions, data consistency, and how to debug asynchronous communications using tracing tools like Jaeger.