Strategic Monoliths & Microservices

Explore a comprehensive interview from the GOTO Book Club featuring Vaughn Vernon and James Higginbotham discussing strategic approaches to monoliths and microservices. Delve into purposeful architecture, the importance of events in software, and the intersection of business and technical strategies. Learn about digital transformation, the four main pillars of Vernon's book, and how events can enhance organizational resilience. Discover insights on transitioning from asynchronous call request-response to event-driven reactive systems, and gain valuable recommendations for refining monolithic or microservices-based architectures. Get a sneak peek at an upcoming hands-on coding book for purposeful architectures, and broaden your understanding of modern software development strategies.

Intro
The Pearson Addison-Wesley Signature Series by Vaughn Vernon
Who should read "Strategic Monoliths and Microservices"
At the frontier between business and technical strategy
What does digital/business transformation stand for?
What are the four main pillars of the book?
Why are events important in software architecture?
How can events make organizations more resilient?
From asynchronous call request-response to event-driven reactive
What is purposeful architecture?
Recommendations for refining your monoliths or microservices
Upcoming book: hands-on coding for purposeful architectures
Outro