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Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Dec 5, 2022 · Backend Development

Why Our Microservice Overhaul Sparked Explosive Complexity—and What We Learned

A data‑service company migrated 20,000 customers to a microservice architecture, initially gaining visibility, lower deployment costs, and easier scaling, but later faced queue head blocking, shared‑library version chaos, load‑pattern challenges, and management overhead, ultimately prompting a return to a monolith with a new "Centrifuge" component.

DeploymentMicroservicesScalability
0 likes · 12 min read
Why Our Microservice Overhaul Sparked Explosive Complexity—and What We Learned
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Dec 2, 2022 · Big Data

Design and Implementation of a Hundred‑Billion‑Scale Real‑Time Monitoring System

The paper presents the design and deployment of a hundred‑billion‑scale real‑time monitoring platform that meets stringent data‑collection, analysis, storage, alerting and visualization requirements, compares Oceanus + Elastic Stack against a Zabbix‑Prometheus‑Grafana stack, selects the former, and details performance‑and cost‑optimizations that enable massive, low‑latency monitoring while maintaining high availability.

ElasticsearchFlinkOceanus
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Design and Implementation of a Hundred‑Billion‑Scale Real‑Time Monitoring System
DevOps
DevOps
Dec 1, 2022 · Cloud Native

Why Dapr Is a 10× Better Cloud‑Native Runtime: Benefits for Developers, Operators, and Architects

The article explains the 10×‑better theory, introduces Dapr as a cloud‑native sidecar framework, and details how it improves productivity for developers, enhances security, resilience and observability for operators, and offers multi‑language, multi‑environment flexibility for architects, while also acknowledging its drawbacks.

10xDaprMicroservices
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Why Dapr Is a 10× Better Cloud‑Native Runtime: Benefits for Developers, Operators, and Architects
Code Ape Tech Column
Code Ape Tech Column
Nov 30, 2022 · Backend Development

Integrating Domain-Driven Design with Microservices: Benefits and Practices

This article explains how Domain-Driven Design (DDD) complements microservice architecture by addressing functional decomposition, defining bounded contexts, and improving system evolution, while also highlighting common microservice pitfalls and practical guidelines for splitting complex systems.

Bounded ContextDDDDomain Modeling
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Integrating Domain-Driven Design with Microservices: Benefits and Practices
21CTO
21CTO
Nov 28, 2022 · Backend Development

When and How to Use Microservices: A Practical Guide

This article introduces microservice architecture, explains its key characteristics, ecosystem components such as load balancers, service discovery, API gateways, monitoring, containerization, and circuit breakers, compares it with monolithic architecture, outlines common challenges, and outlines scenarios where adopting microservices is advantageous.

BackendDevOpsarchitecture
0 likes · 8 min read
When and How to Use Microservices: A Practical Guide
Rare Earth Juejin Tech Community
Rare Earth Juejin Tech Community
Nov 28, 2022 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of the Service Backend Architecture for Editor, Component Platform, and C‑End Application

This article details the overall backend architecture, module relationships, RESTful API design, database schemas, authentication flow, activity creation process, JSON schema validation, component platform APIs, and server‑side rendering considerations for a Node.js‑based service supporting editors, components, and end‑user pages.

JWTMongoDBNode.js
0 likes · 22 min read
Design and Implementation of the Service Backend Architecture for Editor, Component Platform, and C‑End Application
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Nov 28, 2022 · Frontend Development

Why Frontend Frameworks Fail and How to Build Better Architecture

Modern front‑end frameworks like Vue and React have sparked a cult‑like devotion that often obscures deeper issues; this article examines the resulting complexity, argues that developers—not tools—are the key variable, and presents a layered, composable architecture with code examples to improve maintainability.

architecturebest practicescode organization
0 likes · 21 min read
Why Frontend Frameworks Fail and How to Build Better Architecture
Top Architect
Top Architect
Nov 27, 2022 · Backend Development

Comparing API Architectural Styles: RPC, SOAP, REST, and GraphQL

This article compares four major API architectural styles—RPC, SOAP, REST, and GraphQL—by outlining their mechanisms, advantages, disadvantages, and typical use cases, helping developers choose the most suitable approach for their specific requirements.

APIGraphQLRPC
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Comparing API Architectural Styles: RPC, SOAP, REST, and GraphQL
DaTaobao Tech
DaTaobao Tech
Nov 25, 2022 · Backend Development

Atmosphere Center Architecture and Configuration Management

The article explains Taobao’s Atmosphere visual marketing system, detailing the need for an Atmosphere Center, its three‑tier architecture with dual configuration portals, Diamond‑based synchronization, abstract handler classes for CRUD operations, and future plans to consolidate portals and streamline custom logic.

BackendConfigurationMarketing
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Atmosphere Center Architecture and Configuration Management
Wukong Talks Architecture
Wukong Talks Architecture
Nov 20, 2022 · Backend Development

Lessons Learned from a Microservice Migration: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Trade‑offs

The article recounts a data‑service company's transition to a microservice architecture, outlines the visibility, deployment and scaling gains, then details the operational complexities such as queue‑head blocking, shared‑library versioning, load‑pattern challenges, scaling tuning, management overhead, and the eventual rollback to a monolith, highlighting the need for balanced architectural decisions.

MicroservicesScalabilityarchitecture
0 likes · 10 min read
Lessons Learned from a Microservice Migration: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Trade‑offs
High Availability Architecture
High Availability Architecture
Nov 18, 2022 · Backend Development

Microservice Architecture: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Lessons Learned from a Data‑Service Company

An in‑depth case study of a data‑service company's transition to microservices details the initial benefits such as visibility and reduced deployment cost, the subsequent problems of queue head blocking, shared‑library versioning, scaling complexity, and the eventual trade‑offs that led to a partial monolith rollback.

BackendMicroservicesOperations
0 likes · 10 min read
Microservice Architecture: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Lessons Learned from a Data‑Service Company
Sohu Tech Products
Sohu Tech Products
Nov 17, 2022 · Mobile Development

Applying MVP Architecture to Reduce Complexity in Android Search UI

This article explains how managing complexity by layering responsibilities and introducing an MVP architecture separates UI rendering from business logic in Android search features, illustrating the problems of high coupling and low cohesion with concrete Kotlin code examples and discussing AB testing and decorator patterns.

AndroidDesign PatternsMVP
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Applying MVP Architecture to Reduce Complexity in Android Search UI
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Nov 17, 2022 · Cloud Native

Why Microservices Might Be the Biggest Architectural Mistake of the Last Decade

Former GitHub CTO Jason Warner argues that the widespread shift to microservices is a major architectural error, advocating a monolith‑first approach and emphasizing organizational challenges, while case studies from GitHub, Uber, and Botify illustrate both the pitfalls and strategic alternatives to microservice adoption.

Cloud NativeMicroservicesarchitecture
0 likes · 12 min read
Why Microservices Might Be the Biggest Architectural Mistake of the Last Decade
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Nov 16, 2022 · Fundamentals

Analysis of Major Domestic Server CPU Vendors and Market Outlook

This article provides a comprehensive overview of China's six leading domestic server CPU manufacturers, detailing their instruction‑set classifications, product lineups, performance specifications, ecosystem integration, and market positioning, and predicts short‑term beneficiaries and long‑term industry trends.

CPUChinaSemiconductors
0 likes · 18 min read
Analysis of Major Domestic Server CPU Vendors and Market Outlook
Zuoyebang Tech Team
Zuoyebang Tech Team
Nov 14, 2022 · Cloud Native

How We Built a Multi‑Cloud, Multi‑Active Architecture at Zuoyebang

This article details Zuoyebang's journey from a single‑cloud setup to a multi‑cloud, multi‑active architecture, covering business drivers, design principles, network planning, compute and storage strategies, traffic scheduling, container migration, operational management, and the measurable cost, stability, and efficiency benefits achieved.

DevOpsOperationsarchitecture
0 likes · 19 min read
How We Built a Multi‑Cloud, Multi‑Active Architecture at Zuoyebang
Top Architect
Top Architect
Nov 13, 2022 · Backend Development

Personal Journey and Interview Experience of a Senior Java Backend Architect

This article shares a senior architect's personal career timeline from early jobs in Fujian to senior roles at Ant Financial, along with practical Java interview tips, lessons on communication, workload management, and project showcase strategies to help junior developers succeed in competitive tech interviews.

architecturebackend-developmentcareer
0 likes · 11 min read
Personal Journey and Interview Experience of a Senior Java Backend Architect
ByteFE
ByteFE
Nov 11, 2022 · Frontend Development

Curated Frontend Development Reading and Insights

This collection presents a curated set of front‑end development articles and reflections covering modern framework trends, architectural thinking, career planning, performance analysis with Lighthouse, functional programming perspectives, iterator fundamentals, Chrome DevTools tricks, and concurrent request control techniques.

DevToolsIteratorsarchitecture
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Curated Frontend Development Reading and Insights
DeWu Technology
DeWu Technology
Nov 11, 2022 · Databases

TiDB Overview: Architecture, Storage Model, and Execution Plan

TiDB is an open‑source, MySQL‑compatible distributed database that unifies OLTP and OLAP by using a stateless SQL layer, a Placement Driver for metadata and Raft‑managed TiKV/TiFlash storage, key‑value mapping with RocksDB, and a push‑down execution engine that splits work between coprocessor and root tasks for scalable, highly available workloads.

HTAPSQL Execution PlanStorage Engine
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TiDB Overview: Architecture, Storage Model, and Execution Plan
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Nov 11, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Design and Implementation of the Seras Serverless BFF/FAAS Platform for Front‑End Efficiency

This article describes the background, design decisions, architecture, core concepts (Serverless, BFF, FAAS), implementation details, performance results, and future plans of the internally built Seras platform that enables front‑end teams to write cloud functions without managing servers, improving code reuse, traceability, and deployment speed.

BFFBackendFaaS
0 likes · 13 min read
Design and Implementation of the Seras Serverless BFF/FAAS Platform for Front‑End Efficiency
21CTO
21CTO
Nov 10, 2022 · Fundamentals

What Is a Process Engine? Architecture, Design, and Real‑World Applications

This article explains the definition, core concepts, and architectural design of modern process engines, covering workflow, BPM, process orchestration, designer types, implementation components, practical project steps, and business opportunities, with code examples and visual diagrams.

BPMProcess Enginearchitecture
0 likes · 17 min read
What Is a Process Engine? Architecture, Design, and Real‑World Applications
Architect
Architect
Nov 8, 2022 · Backend Development

Understanding Process Engines: Architecture, Design, and Application

This article provides a comprehensive overview of process engines, covering their definition, core components, design patterns, implementation approaches, BPMN modeling, practical workflow and BPM use cases, and related commercial opportunities for backend development and operations.

BPMProcess Enginearchitecture
0 likes · 16 min read
Understanding Process Engines: Architecture, Design, and Application
Architect's Guide
Architect's Guide
Nov 5, 2022 · Backend Development

Comprehensive Guide to Backend Development: System Design, Architecture, Networking, Fault Handling, Monitoring, and Deployment

This article provides a comprehensive overview of backend development, covering system development principles, architecture design patterns, network communication techniques, fault and exception handling, monitoring and alerting strategies, service governance, testing methodologies, and deployment practices to help developers build robust, scalable, and maintainable services.

DeploymentSystem Designarchitecture
0 likes · 33 min read
Comprehensive Guide to Backend Development: System Design, Architecture, Networking, Fault Handling, Monitoring, and Deployment
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Nov 4, 2022 · Fundamentals

eBay Scalability Best Practices: Functional Partitioning, Horizontal Sharding, Async Decoupling, and More

This article outlines eBay's key scalability best practices—including functional decomposition, horizontal sharding, avoiding distributed transactions, asynchronous decoupling, virtualization, and intelligent caching—to demonstrate how large‑scale web systems can achieve linear resource growth and high availability.

AsynchronousOperationsScalability
0 likes · 14 min read
eBay Scalability Best Practices: Functional Partitioning, Horizontal Sharding, Async Decoupling, and More
Selected Java Interview Questions
Selected Java Interview Questions
Oct 31, 2022 · Backend Development

Understanding Process Engines: Architecture, Design, and Applications

This article provides a comprehensive overview of process engines, explaining their definition, relationship to workflows and BPM, design of process designers, various application scenarios such as workflow and BPM, detailed architectural components, implementation practices, and potential business opportunities, illustrated with diagrams and XML examples.

BPMBackendProcess Engine
0 likes · 18 min read
Understanding Process Engines: Architecture, Design, and Applications
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Oct 29, 2022 · Databases

Bilibili Database Multi-Active Practice

The article visually details Bilibili’s multi‑active database architecture, showing system layout, data replication, failover strategies, and operational workflows that enable high availability across multiple data centers by synchronizing data, balancing load, and maintaining continuous service during node or regional failures.

Bilibiliarchitecturemulti-active
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Bilibili Database Multi-Active Practice
Top Architect
Top Architect
Oct 28, 2022 · Backend Development

Guidelines for Front‑End/Back‑End Separation and API Specification

The article explains why front‑end and back‑end should be separated, outlines the challenges of integration, describes the responsibilities and development process for a clean API contract, and provides detailed request/response specifications with code examples for building a maintainable SPA architecture.

BackendSPAapi-design
0 likes · 11 min read
Guidelines for Front‑End/Back‑End Separation and API Specification
Architect
Architect
Oct 23, 2022 · R&D Management

Guidelines for Product Architecture Design and Strategy

The article offers practical guidance for software architects on building adaptable product strategies, emphasizing the need for implementation‑focused design, realistic resource planning, customer‑oriented goals, iterative hypothesis testing, and cross‑functional team collaboration to ensure sustainable architecture execution.

architectureimplementationproduct strategy
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Guidelines for Product Architecture Design and Strategy
Top Architect
Top Architect
Oct 21, 2022 · Backend Development

From Monolithic to Distributed Architecture: A Detailed Inventory System Case Study

This article explains the concepts of software architecture, compares monolithic and distributed styles, and walks through a real‑world inventory system migration—including functional and business splitting, CQRS adoption, and distributed transaction challenges—illustrated with Java code examples.

CQRSDistributed Systemsarchitecture
0 likes · 17 min read
From Monolithic to Distributed Architecture: A Detailed Inventory System Case Study
Top Architect
Top Architect
Oct 21, 2022 · Backend Development

Comprehensive Guide to Microservice Architecture: Concepts, Evolution, Design Patterns, and Practical Implementation

This article provides an in‑depth overview of microservice architecture, covering its definition, history, differences from monolithic and SOA approaches, core characteristics, design patterns, advantages and drawbacks, practical deployment considerations, and recommended reading resources.

BackendDevOpsarchitecture
0 likes · 20 min read
Comprehensive Guide to Microservice Architecture: Concepts, Evolution, Design Patterns, and Practical Implementation
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Oct 20, 2022 · Information Security

Security Requirement Vision, Strategic Architecture Principles, and Process Formalization

The article outlines how to define security requirements within business context, presents a security requirement vision (SRV) and strategic architecture principles, distinguishes security governance, management and operations, and describes a formalized security process framework—including ownership, documentation, integration matrices, roles, and automation opportunities—to guide consistent, traceable security solutions.

architecturegovernanceprocess
0 likes · 9 min read
Security Requirement Vision, Strategic Architecture Principles, and Process Formalization
Sohu Tech Products
Sohu Tech Products
Oct 19, 2022 · Mobile Development

Managing Complexity in Android Search UI: From MVC to MVI and Kotlin DSL Implementation

This article explains how to reduce UI complexity in Android by layering architecture, tracing the evolution from MVC through MVP and MVVM to MVI, and demonstrates a searchable interface built with Jetpack Navigation and Kotlin DSL, highlighting pitfalls of monolithic initView methods and proposing more reusable abstractions.

AndroidKotlinMVI
0 likes · 16 min read
Managing Complexity in Android Search UI: From MVC to MVI and Kotlin DSL Implementation
vivo Internet Technology
vivo Internet Technology
Oct 13, 2022 · Frontend Development

Design and Implementation of a General‑Purpose Data Visualization Big‑Screen Platform

The paper presents a low‑code, schema‑driven big‑screen visualization platform built with React, ECharts, D3 and related libraries, detailing its four‑module architecture, adaptive layout techniques, reusable component workflow, drag‑and‑drop enhancements, and WebSocket‑based state management, and outlines future extensions such as a component marketplace and 3D rendering.

Big ScreenDashboardData visualization
0 likes · 15 min read
Design and Implementation of a General‑Purpose Data Visualization Big‑Screen Platform
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Oct 12, 2022 · Backend Development

From Monolith to Microservices: A Real‑World Journey and Lessons Learned

This article walks through the evolution of a simple online supermarket from a monolithic website to a fully split microservice architecture, highlighting the challenges encountered—such as code duplication, database bottlenecks, and operational complexity—and presenting practical solutions like service decomposition, monitoring, tracing, gateway control, service discovery, circuit breaking, rate limiting, testing strategies, and the use of service meshes.

BackendMicroservicesService Mesh
0 likes · 23 min read
From Monolith to Microservices: A Real‑World Journey and Lessons Learned
Top Architect
Top Architect
Oct 12, 2022 · Backend Development

Evolution of the Tianyi Account Gateway System: From Zuul 1.0 to Kong‑based 3.0

This article details the architectural evolution of China Telecom's Tianyi Account gateway, describing the migration from a Zuul‑based 1.0 system to a Kong‑driven 2.0 and 3.0 platform, the performance improvements, plugin ecosystem, cloud‑native deployment, and operational benefits achieved through each upgrade.

KongZuularchitecture
0 likes · 14 min read
Evolution of the Tianyi Account Gateway System: From Zuul 1.0 to Kong‑based 3.0
Architect
Architect
Oct 11, 2022 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of a Dynamic Configuration Development Framework

This article analyzes the risks and inefficiencies of using a traditional JSON‑based configuration center, explores previous mitigation approaches, and presents a standardized, automated, and immersive solution that fully replaces Apollo configuration with zero production errors in a large‑scale e‑commerce environment.

Configurationarchitecture
0 likes · 9 min read
Design and Implementation of a Dynamic Configuration Development Framework
Architecture and Beyond
Architecture and Beyond
Oct 1, 2022 · Industry Insights

Why One Codebase Can Run Everywhere: Deep Dive into Cross‑Platform Architecture

This article examines the principles, layers, and practical solutions behind cross‑platform development—from DRY reuse to hardware, OS, and application levels—evaluating hybrid, native‑rendering, self‑rendering, and DSL‑based frameworks and offering guidance on strategic, organizational, ecosystem, and performance considerations.

ElectronFlutterMobile
0 likes · 19 min read
Why One Codebase Can Run Everywhere: Deep Dive into Cross‑Platform Architecture
Selected Java Interview Questions
Selected Java Interview Questions
Sep 30, 2022 · Backend Development

Best Practices for Application Layering and Domain Model Design in Backend Development

The article explains why clear application layering—covering controller, service, manager, and DAO levels—is essential for maintainable backend code, describes Alibaba's recommended layer structure, proposes an optimized layering model, and outlines domain object conventions such as DO, DTO, BO, AO, VO, and Query.

BackendService Layerapplication layering
0 likes · 10 min read
Best Practices for Application Layering and Domain Model Design in Backend Development
Shopee Tech Team
Shopee Tech Team
Sep 28, 2022 · Backend Development

Shopee Off-Platform Ads Delay Service: Architecture and Implementation

Shopee’s off‑platform ads delay service combines Redis Zsets for expiration tracking, HBase for payload storage, and Kafka for queuing to reliably process up to 6 million tasks per minute with minute‑level delays ranging from one minute to thirty days, achieving horizontal scalability, fault tolerance, and a 75 % reduction in Kubernetes resource usage.

KafkaMarketing Automationarchitecture
0 likes · 17 min read
Shopee Off-Platform Ads Delay Service: Architecture and Implementation
ITPUB
ITPUB
Sep 25, 2022 · Backend Development

How Bilibili Scaled Live Streaming from LAMP to Microservices and Beyond

This article chronicles Bilibili Live's eight‑year journey from a simple LAMP monolith to a sophisticated micro‑service ecosystem, detailing the motivations, architectural decisions, containerization, Golang migration, gateway redesign, hot‑key handling, request amplification mitigation, and operational practices that enabled millions of concurrent viewers.

GolangMicroservicesScalability
0 likes · 26 min read
How Bilibili Scaled Live Streaming from LAMP to Microservices and Beyond
Top Architect
Top Architect
Sep 24, 2022 · Frontend Development

Guidelines for Frontend‑Backend Separation and API Specification

This article explains why and how to separate frontend and backend responsibilities, outlines the evolution from MVC to SPA architectures, and provides detailed API request and response conventions—including JSON formats, pagination, and special field handling—to improve collaboration and reduce integration effort.

BackendSPAapi-design
0 likes · 10 min read
Guidelines for Frontend‑Backend Separation and API Specification
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Sep 23, 2022 · Industry Insights

From LAMP to Microservices: Bilibili Live’s 8‑Year Architecture Evolution

This article chronicles Bilibili Live’s eight‑year journey from a simple LAMP monolith to a highly available microservice ecosystem, detailing the technical motivations, design principles, Swoole‑based services, containerization, Golang migration, custom gateways, hot‑key handling, and operational safeguards that enabled millions of concurrent viewers.

BilibiliGolangMicroservices
0 likes · 27 min read
From LAMP to Microservices: Bilibili Live’s 8‑Year Architecture Evolution
Zhuanzhuan Tech
Zhuanzhuan Tech
Sep 22, 2022 · Cloud Native

Evolution of Enterprise Technical Architecture: From Monolith to Cloud‑Native and DevOps

This chapter outlines the evolution of enterprise technical architecture—from monolithic and distributed systems to microservices and cloud‑native platforms—illustrating the journey with Ziru's ten‑year architectural transformation, the challenges encountered, and the lessons for selecting appropriate architectures.

DevOpsEnterpriseMicroservices
0 likes · 23 min read
Evolution of Enterprise Technical Architecture: From Monolith to Cloud‑Native and DevOps
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Sep 20, 2022 · Information Security

Data Classification and Grading Architecture for Enterprise Data Security

The article details a practical, reusable enterprise architecture for data classification and grading that combines scanning tools, a rule‑engine with hot‑updates, a high‑performance identification service, and a security enforcement platform, addressing massive real‑time data volumes, diverse storage types, cross‑department isolation, and compliance with China’s data security laws.

Big DataCloud NativeKafka
0 likes · 14 min read
Data Classification and Grading Architecture for Enterprise Data Security
Java Architect Essentials
Java Architect Essentials
Sep 18, 2022 · Databases

Redis vs Dragonfly: Benchmark Comparison and Architectural Insights

This article examines the open‑source memory cache Dragonfly, compares its performance and architecture against Redis through detailed benchmark results, discusses Redis’s response and design principles, and provides reproducible test configurations and command lines for both systems.

DragonflyMemory Cachearchitecture
0 likes · 16 min read
Redis vs Dragonfly: Benchmark Comparison and Architectural Insights
Yunxuetang Frontend Team
Yunxuetang Frontend Team
Sep 16, 2022 · Frontend Development

Essential Front-End Architecture, Testing, and UX Resources for 2024

This curated collection introduces key front-end topics—including architecture layering, JavaScript monkey‑patch detection, component sharing via Webpack Module Federation, automated testing basics, Vue 2 this behavior, UX effectiveness measurement, and product versus UX design differences—offering practical insights for modern developers.

architecturecomponent sharingfrontend
0 likes · 4 min read
Essential Front-End Architecture, Testing, and UX Resources for 2024
Su San Talks Tech
Su San Talks Tech
Sep 16, 2022 · Backend Development

8 Essential Backend Architecture Patterns Every Engineer Should Know

This article introduces eight common backend architecture patterns—including single‑database, content distribution, query separation, microservices, multi‑level caching, sharding, elastic scaling, and multi‑data‑center—explaining their designs, typical use cases, advantages, and drawbacks to help engineers build scalable, maintainable systems.

Scalabilityarchitecture
0 likes · 21 min read
8 Essential Backend Architecture Patterns Every Engineer Should Know
Top Architect
Top Architect
Sep 15, 2022 · Backend Development

Event‑Driven Architecture and Distributed Transaction Consistency in Microservices

The article explains how traditional ACID transaction guarantees break down in microservice environments, discusses the challenges of distributed transactions, and presents event‑driven architectures, eventual consistency, domain services, materialized views, and practical patterns such as local transaction tables and event sourcing to achieve reliable consistency across services.

DDDEvent-drivenarchitecture
0 likes · 15 min read
Event‑Driven Architecture and Distributed Transaction Consistency in Microservices
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Sep 11, 2022 · Backend Development

Refactoring a Monolithic Inventory System to Distributed Microservices with CQRS

Facing rapid growth and stability issues, the team transformed a monolithic inventory platform into a distributed microservice architecture, employing functional and business decomposition, CQRS principles, and careful code refactoring to improve availability, scalability, and maintainability while addressing challenges like distributed transactions and data consistency.

CQRSMicroservicesarchitecture
0 likes · 18 min read
Refactoring a Monolithic Inventory System to Distributed Microservices with CQRS
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Python Crawling & Data Mining
Sep 11, 2022 · Big Data

How Tencent Built Its Massive Big Data Platform Over a Decade

Over more than ten years, Tencent evolved its big data infrastructure through three generations—from early Hadoop-based offline processing, to a hybrid real‑time Spark/Storm system, and finally to a self‑developed, open‑source machine‑learning platform—highlighting the shift from “borrowed” solutions to fully proprietary, AI‑ready architectures.

architecturedata-warehousemachine learning
0 likes · 10 min read
How Tencent Built Its Massive Big Data Platform Over a Decade
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Sep 8, 2022 · Backend Development

Evolution of a Simple MVP Monolithic Architecture to a Complex Distributed System: A Taobao Case Study

This article uses a simulated Taobao example to illustrate how a simple MVP monolithic architecture evolves through ten stages—from separating Tomcat and database to adopting caching, load balancing, database sharding, microservices, ESB, containerization, and cloud platforms—highlighting the technologies and design principles involved in each transition.

BackendDistributed SystemsMicroservices
0 likes · 20 min read
Evolution of a Simple MVP Monolithic Architecture to a Complex Distributed System: A Taobao Case Study
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Sep 6, 2022 · Big Data

Lancer: Evolution of Bilibili's Real-Time Streaming Architecture

Lancer, Bilibili’s real‑time streaming backbone, has evolved from a monolithic Flume pipeline to a log‑id‑isolated, Kubernetes‑native architecture where Go edge agents feed synchronous Kafka‑proxied gateways into per‑logid topics processed by dedicated Flink‑SQL jobs, delivering exactly‑once, back‑pressured, highly scalable data ingestion for billions of daily requests.

Big DataFlinkKafka
0 likes · 29 min read
Lancer: Evolution of Bilibili's Real-Time Streaming Architecture
Cloud Native Technology Community
Cloud Native Technology Community
Sep 6, 2022 · Cloud Native

Enterprise Microservice Governance and Development: Concepts, Selection Guide, and Design Principles

This article systematically explains enterprise‑level microservice governance and development, covering market‑driven challenges, evaluation criteria, a comparison of Dubbo, Spring Cloud, and Istio, and design principles such as Conway's Law to help organizations modernize their applications efficiently.

IstioMicroservicesSpring Cloud
0 likes · 8 min read
Enterprise Microservice Governance and Development: Concepts, Selection Guide, and Design Principles
Wukong Talks Architecture
Wukong Talks Architecture
Sep 5, 2022 · Backend Development

Microservice Architecture: Evolution, Challenges, and Best Practices

This article explains the transition from monolithic to microservice architecture using an online supermarket example, highlights the problems caused by rapid, unplanned scaling, and presents systematic solutions such as service decomposition, database sharding, monitoring, tracing, gateway, service discovery, circuit breaking, testing, and service mesh adoption.

BackendMicroservicesService Mesh
0 likes · 21 min read
Microservice Architecture: Evolution, Challenges, and Best Practices
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Sep 4, 2022 · Cloud Native

What Is Cloud Native? Core Concepts, Architecture Principles, and Key Technologies

This article explains the definition of cloud native, its industry impact, technical characteristics, architectural design principles, and the essential technologies—including containers, serverless containers, bare‑metal containers, microservices, serverless computing, specialized chips, networking, and databases—that together enable elastic, resilient, and observable cloud‑first applications.

Cloud NativeContainersServerless
0 likes · 10 min read
What Is Cloud Native? Core Concepts, Architecture Principles, and Key Technologies
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Sep 1, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Cloud Design Patterns: Challenges and a Comprehensive Catalog for Building Reliable, Scalable, and Secure Applications

This article explains the key challenges of cloud development—data management, design and implementation, and messaging—then presents a detailed catalog of cloud design patterns, each with problem statements, Azure examples, and categories such as reliability, security, and performance efficiency.

Design PatternsReliabilityScalability
0 likes · 9 min read
Cloud Design Patterns: Challenges and a Comprehensive Catalog for Building Reliable, Scalable, and Secure Applications
Aikesheng Open Source Community
Aikesheng Open Source Community
Aug 31, 2022 · Big Data

Tencent's Big Data Construction: Philosophy, Architecture Evolution, and Open‑Source Strategy

The article introduces Tencent's big‑data platform philosophy and overall architecture, detailing three generations of evolution from offline Hadoop‑based processing to real‑time Spark/Storm integration and finally AI‑driven machine‑learning platforms, while also highlighting the team, book publication, and a related giveaway event.

Big DataCloud NativeData Platform
0 likes · 12 min read
Tencent's Big Data Construction: Philosophy, Architecture Evolution, and Open‑Source Strategy
DevOps
DevOps
Aug 30, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Architectural Thinking and Multi‑Layered Cloud, SOA, and Application Architecture

The article explains architectural thinking as a blend of system, structured, and programming mindsets, then details cloud three‑layer (IaaS‑PaaS‑SaaS) and SOA component‑service‑process models, their fusion, and how these concepts map to classic three‑tier, domain‑driven, and software technical architectures, ending with a hackathon announcement.

SOAarchitectureenterprise architecture
0 likes · 15 min read
Architectural Thinking and Multi‑Layered Cloud, SOA, and Application Architecture
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Aug 28, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Dragonfly Supercharges Cloud‑Native File Distribution with P2P Architecture

This article explains the limitations of traditional client‑server download methods, introduces P2P download principles, and details Dragonfly's cloud‑native architecture—including its Manager, Scheduler, Seed Peer, and Peer components—showing how it achieves high stability, efficiency, and easy deployment for large‑scale file distribution.

Cloud NativeDragonflyFile Distribution
0 likes · 10 min read
How Dragonfly Supercharges Cloud‑Native File Distribution with P2P Architecture
ByteFE
ByteFE
Aug 26, 2022 · Frontend Development

Curated Technical Articles and Resources: Frontend Architecture, Low‑Code Debugging, D3.js, CSS Flex, VS Code Plugins, and More

This curated newsletter presents a series of technical articles and resources covering frontend architecture, low‑code debugging, D3.js visualizations, CSS Flex layout, VS Code extensions, public APIs, and browser top‑layer concepts, offering insights and practical guidance for developers.

CSS FlexD3.jsVS Code
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Curated Technical Articles and Resources: Frontend Architecture, Low‑Code Debugging, D3.js, CSS Flex, VS Code Plugins, and More
Top Architect
Top Architect
Aug 21, 2022 · Databases

42 Lessons Learned from Building a Production Database – Translation

This translated article shares 42 practical lessons drawn from Mahesh Balakrishnan’s experience building a production database, covering customer focus, project management, design principles, observability, research, and strategic thinking to help engineers and managers create reliable, scalable infrastructure.

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42 Lessons Learned from Building a Production Database – Translation
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Aug 19, 2022 · Fundamentals

Analysis of China's Domestic CPU Industry and Future Outlook

This report examines the rapid development, challenges, and future prospects of China's domestic CPU industry, covering market growth, technological breakthroughs, ecosystem building, and strategic considerations for manufacturers and policymakers in the global context.

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Analysis of China's Domestic CPU Industry and Future Outlook
Shopee Tech Team
Shopee Tech Team
Aug 18, 2022 · Cloud Native

Shopee Druid Cloud Native Architecture Evolution: Design and Implementation

Shopee transformed its Druid analytics platform from a fragile physical‑machine setup into a cloud‑native, Kubernetes‑orchestrated solution that adds independent clusters, automatic scaling, traffic management, GitOps‑driven deployment, and container isolation, delivering higher stability, efficiency, lower cost, and stronger security alongside integrated monitoring and visualization tools.

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Shopee Druid Cloud Native Architecture Evolution: Design and Implementation
Selected Java Interview Questions
Selected Java Interview Questions
Aug 17, 2022 · Backend Development

Microservice Architecture and Its Most Important Design Patterns

This article explains the evolution of software complexity, introduces microservice architecture as a modern solution, and details ten essential design patterns—including database per service, event sourcing, CQRS, Saga, BFF, API gateway, Strangler, circuit breaker, externalized configuration, and consumer‑driven contract testing—while outlining their advantages, disadvantages, and appropriate usage scenarios.

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Microservice Architecture and Its Most Important Design Patterns
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Aug 13, 2022 · Backend Development

Understanding VO, DTO, DO, and PO: Concepts and Their Application in Three‑Tier Architecture

This article explains the definitions, differences, and practical usage of View Object (VO), Data Transfer Object (DTO), Domain Object (DO), and Persistent Object (PO) within a three‑layer architecture, offering design guidelines, conversion flows, and considerations for when to merge or separate these objects.

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Understanding VO, DTO, DO, and PO: Concepts and Their Application in Three‑Tier Architecture
DaTaobao Tech
DaTaobao Tech
Aug 12, 2022 · Backend Development

Evolution and Technical Refactoring of Alibaba's Coupon Package System

Alibaba's coupon package evolved from a 2014 PC‑only tool to a mobile‑centric, marketing‑driven platform, and now to a user‑asset‑center architecture that consolidates assets, upgrades the tech stack, unifies logging, optimizes Docker, and implements performance cuts that shrink machine usage and request expansion by over 90%.

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Evolution and Technical Refactoring of Alibaba's Coupon Package System
Top Architect
Top Architect
Aug 12, 2022 · Operations

Key Distributed System Design Patterns Explained by a Senior Architect

This article presents a concise overview of essential distributed‑system design patterns—including Bloom filters, consistent hashing, quorum, leader/follower, heartbeat, fencing, high‑water mark, leases, gossip protocol, PACELC theorem, hinted handoff, read‑repair, and Merkle trees—explaining their purpose, operation, and typical usage in large‑scale storage and coordination services.

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Key Distributed System Design Patterns Explained by a Senior Architect
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Aug 11, 2022 · Frontend Development

Ctrip's Taro Cross‑Platform Mini‑Program Solution: Design, Architecture, and Implementation

This article presents Ctrip's Taro cross‑platform solution for mini‑programs, detailing the motivation behind multi‑platform development, the technical selection of Taro 3, the modular plugin architecture, repository management with git submodules, CI/CD pipelines, and the overall benefits for code reuse and development efficiency.

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Ctrip's Taro Cross‑Platform Mini‑Program Solution: Design, Architecture, and Implementation
ByteDance Web Infra
ByteDance Web Infra
Aug 8, 2022 · Frontend Development

Design and Architecture of a Multi‑Environment Frontend Monitoring SDK

The article explains how a frontend monitoring SDK can support diverse environments such as web, mini‑programs, and Electron by decoupling logic into interchangeable roles, providing a rich plugin lifecycle, enabling business‑driven extensions, on‑demand loading, and rigorous quality controls while minimizing impact on the host application.

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Design and Architecture of a Multi‑Environment Frontend Monitoring SDK
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Aug 7, 2022 · Backend Development

Why CQRS Matters: Evolving Monoliths into Scalable Systems

This article walks through the evolution from a traditional monolithic architecture to a CQRS‑based design, explaining the motivations, trade‑offs, and concrete techniques such as read‑write separation, message‑driven commands, eventual consistency, and event sourcing for building more scalable and maintainable systems.

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Why CQRS Matters: Evolving Monoliths into Scalable Systems
Wukong Talks Architecture
Wukong Talks Architecture
Aug 5, 2022 · Backend Development

Evolution of the Tianyi Account Gateway Architecture: From Zuul 1.0 to Kong‑Based 3.0

This article chronicles the architectural evolution of China Telecom's Tianyi Account gateway from its initial Zuul‑based 1.0 version through successive upgrades to a Kong‑powered 2.0 and 3.0 system, highlighting performance bottlenecks, technology selections, plugin development, CP/DP separation, cloud‑native deployment, and the resulting high‑concurrency capabilities.

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Evolution of the Tianyi Account Gateway Architecture: From Zuul 1.0 to Kong‑Based 3.0
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Aug 2, 2022 · Cloud Native

Microservice Architecture and Design Patterns: Goals, Principles, and Decomposition Strategies

This article explains the four primary goals of microservice architecture, outlines essential design principles, and details a comprehensive set of decomposition and integration patterns—including business‑function, sub‑domain, transaction, Strangler, Bulkhead, Sidecar, API‑gateway, Aggregator, CQRS, Saga, observability, and deployment patterns—providing practical guidance for building resilient cloud‑native systems.

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Microservice Architecture and Design Patterns: Goals, Principles, and Decomposition Strategies
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Jul 29, 2022 · Cloud Native

Master SaaS Multi‑Tenant Architecture: From Tech Stack to Cloud‑Native Deployment

This article walks developers through SaaS cloud‑native architecture, covering technology stack selection, multi‑tenant design at the application and data layers, microservice development with Spring Cloud and Huawei CSE, container deployment on CCE, and practical code examples from the SaaS‑Housekeeper project.

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Master SaaS Multi‑Tenant Architecture: From Tech Stack to Cloud‑Native Deployment
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Jul 28, 2022 · Cloud Native

A Comprehensive Overview of Microservice Architecture and Its Technology Stack

This article provides a detailed introduction to microservice architecture, tracing its evolution from monolithic to distributed services, and enumerates the essential technologies—including service communication, API gateways, authentication, fault‑tolerance, logging, configuration management, containerization, orchestration, and CI/CD—that enable building scalable, resilient cloud‑native systems.

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A Comprehensive Overview of Microservice Architecture and Its Technology Stack
Top Architect
Top Architect
Jul 27, 2022 · Cloud Native

A Comprehensive Guide to Microservice Architecture and Its Technology Stack

This article provides an extensive overview of microservice architecture, tracing its evolution from monolithic to distributed services, detailing the advantages and drawbacks of each stage, and presenting a practical technology stack—including service discovery, API gateways, containerization, orchestration, logging, monitoring, and CI/CD—to help engineers design, implement, and operate modern cloud‑native systems.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Microservice Architecture and Its Technology Stack
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Jul 27, 2022 · Big Data

Building a Big Data Platform at FenbeiTong: Architecture, Practices, and Lessons Learned

This article shares FenbeiTong's experience in building a big data platform, covering company background, data construction challenges, technology selection, architecture design, implementation details, data modeling tools, and real-world application scenarios such as CDP and CEM, offering practical insights for similar enterprises.

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Building a Big Data Platform at FenbeiTong: Architecture, Practices, and Lessons Learned
Practical DevOps Architecture
Practical DevOps Architecture
Jul 25, 2022 · Backend Development

31-Part Series on Enterprise Backend Architecture, Distributed Systems, and Cloud Native Practices

This article outlines a 31‑topic series that delves into enterprise backend development, covering RPC frameworks, registration centers, fault tolerance, message queues, distributed architecture, high‑performance gateways, data storage, DNS, reverse proxy, e‑commerce systems, monitoring, service governance, Spring Cloud Alibaba components, task scheduling, cloud‑native design, and testing/security with CI/CD.

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31-Part Series on Enterprise Backend Architecture, Distributed Systems, and Cloud Native Practices
JD Retail Technology
JD Retail Technology
Jul 21, 2022 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of JD's 01 Payment Platform: Unified Payment Service Layer and One‑Stop Integration

The article outlines JD's 01 Payment Platform, describing how a unified payment service layer and a one‑stop integration platform were built to replace the legacy checkout system, improve performance, support multi‑channel SaaS/PaaS capabilities, enable intelligent monitoring, and successfully handle large‑scale promotional events.

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Design and Implementation of JD's 01 Payment Platform: Unified Payment Service Layer and One‑Stop Integration
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Jul 19, 2022 · Cloud Native

Unlock SaaS Success: Cloud‑Native Multi‑Tenant Architecture Essentials

This article recaps Huawei Cloud's DTT tech talk on SaaS cloud‑native applications, covering key challenges such as infrastructure selection, system and data‑storage design, multi‑tenant routing, various tenant isolation models, cloud‑native services like CCE and CSE, and the comprehensive SaaS support plan for developers.

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Unlock SaaS Success: Cloud‑Native Multi‑Tenant Architecture Essentials
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jul 17, 2022 · Databases

Comprehensive Overview of Database Evolution, Architecture, and Core Technologies

This article provides a detailed survey of database fundamentals, historical evolution from early relational systems to modern distributed and cloud‑native solutions, explains various architectural components and core technologies such as query processing, indexing, transaction management, and discusses business‑driven classifications, distributed designs, SMP versus MPP, and resource‑access models.

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Comprehensive Overview of Database Evolution, Architecture, and Core Technologies
21CTO
21CTO
Jul 17, 2022 · Fundamentals

Why Software Design Docs Matter: Master UML Modeling for Clear Architecture

This article explains the fundamentals of software design documentation, showing how UML modeling—class, sequence, component, deployment, use‑case, state, and activity diagrams—captures domain problems and system structure across requirement, high‑level, and detailed design phases, enabling architects to communicate intent to diverse stakeholders.

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Why Software Design Docs Matter: Master UML Modeling for Clear Architecture
phodal
phodal
Jul 16, 2022 · Industry Insights

Why Diagram‑as‑Code Matters: Designing the Feakin Conceptual System Tool

The article explores the Diagram‑as‑Code paradigm, defines its DSL‑based approach, discusses layout algorithms and two‑way binding, and details the open‑source Feakin project that aims to provide a version‑controlled, extensible visualisation engine for architectural and conceptual diagrams.

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Why Diagram‑as‑Code Matters: Designing the Feakin Conceptual System Tool
Alipay Experience Technology
Alipay Experience Technology
Jul 15, 2022 · Frontend Development

Top Front-End Trends Shaping the Next Half-Year: Native Tools, Islands, and More

This article reviews the rapid evolution of front‑end development over the past six months, highlighting the rise of native‑code JavaScript tools, Tauri as an Electron alternative, the booming Islands architecture, full‑stack data flows, emerging Storybook competitors, advanced CSS features, headless UI components, React updates, and new documentation tools.

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Top Front-End Trends Shaping the Next Half-Year: Native Tools, Islands, and More
Zuoyebang Tech Team
Zuoyebang Tech Team
Jul 13, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Why Multi-Cloud Active-Active Architecture Is the Key to Stability and Cost Efficiency

This article explores the motivations, challenges, and design principles behind adopting a multi‑cloud active‑active architecture, emphasizing how it enhances stability, reduces costs, and improves efficiency, while detailing practical solutions for networking, compute, containers, service discovery, traffic routing, and data storage in a cloud‑native environment.

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Why Multi-Cloud Active-Active Architecture Is the Key to Stability and Cost Efficiency
Architect
Architect
Jul 9, 2022 · Cloud Native

Transitioning from Monolith to Microservices: Service Mesh, Kubernetes, and Architectural Strategies

This article explains how organizations can evolve from monolithic applications to microservices using service mesh patterns, Kubernetes sidecar proxies, event‑driven designs, and practical migration strategies such as incremental extraction, Lego‑style integration, and full rebuilds, while addressing latency, security, and observability concerns.

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Transitioning from Monolith to Microservices: Service Mesh, Kubernetes, and Architectural Strategies
ITPUB
ITPUB
Jul 8, 2022 · Databases

Uncovering the Flaws: Why No Distributed Database Architecture Is Perfect

This article examines the most common Chinese distributed database architectures, comparing integrated SHARDING designs like OceanBase with separated compute‑storage models such as TiDB and SQL‑proxy based systems, highlighting their inherent trade‑offs, performance challenges, and practical considerations for choosing the right solution.

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Uncovering the Flaws: Why No Distributed Database Architecture Is Perfect
Java Captain
Java Captain
Jul 6, 2022 · Backend Development

Guidelines for Developing Standard Java Web Applications: Layering, Responsibilities, and Data Types

This article explains how to design a well‑structured Java web application by defining clear three‑layer architecture (Controller, Service, DAO), outlining each layer's responsibilities, describing data type conventions such as PO, BO, VO, DTO, Model, and showing how these types map to the layers for maintainable, scalable development.

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Guidelines for Developing Standard Java Web Applications: Layering, Responsibilities, and Data Types
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Jul 2, 2022 · Operations

Design and Evolution of Vivo Server‑Side Monitoring System

This article systematically outlines the design, components, data flow, and evolution of Vivo’s server‑side monitoring system, covering data collection, transmission, storage with OpenTSDB, visualization, alerting mechanisms, and comparisons with other monitoring solutions.

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Design and Evolution of Vivo Server‑Side Monitoring System