Anti-Patterns in Distributed Systems
Avoid these common mistakes when building microservices and distributed systems. Anti-patterns emerge from misunderstanding the constraints of distributed computing. Learn what to avoid and why.
📄️ Distributed Monolith Anti-Pattern
Services that call each other synchronously in sequence, creating tight coupling and monolith behavior.
📄️ Chatty Services Anti-Pattern
Services making excessive network calls for operations that could be done locally or batched.
📄️ Shared Database Between Services Anti-Pattern
Multiple services accessing the same database directly, creating coupling and preventing independence.
📄️ Nano-Services Anti-Pattern
Services too small to be useful, requiring many inter-service calls and creating excessive complexity.
📄️ Overuse of Synchronous Calls Anti-Pattern
Every inter-service communication is synchronous, creating blocking dependencies and reducing resilience.