Engineering posts about Microservices
Curated summaries and key learnings for engineers working with Microservices.
Viaduct 1.0 and the future of Airbnb’s data mesh
The article announces the 1.0 release of Viaduct, Airbnb's data-oriented service mesh that leverages GraphQL to provide a unified interface for accessing various data sources. It emphasizes the...
Building Data 360 Clean Rooms: Zero-Copy Architecture for Privacy-Safe Data Collaboration
The article outlines the development of Data 360 Clean Rooms, a system designed to facilitate secure data collaboration while adhering to strict privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. It details...
Agents are ready but your architecture probably isn't
The article highlights the disconnect between AI activity and value in enterprises, emphasizing that many organizations struggle to implement agentic systems due to inadequate architecture and...
Skipper: Building Airbnb’s embedded workflow engine
The article outlines the development of Skipper, a lightweight embedded workflow engine designed to address the durable execution problem encountered in complex business processes at Airbnb....
Building the agentic cloud: everything we launched during Agents Week 2026
The article outlines the advancements made during Agents Week 2026, focusing on the development of the 'agentic cloud' which is tailored for AI agents. It details the new compute environments,...
Keeping a Deeply Unified Platform Aligned — Inside the Office of the Chief Architect
The article provides an in-depth look at the architectural strategies employed by Salesforce to unify its platform across various clouds and services. Emin Gerba, the Chief Architect, discusses the...
Engineering the Forge Billing Platform for Reliability and Scale
The article discusses the engineering of the Forge Billing Platform, which is designed to handle usage-based pricing for Atlassian's cloud app development platform. It outlines the architecture that...
Figma's next-generation data caching platform
Figma's next-generation data caching platform, FigCache, was developed to address scalability and reliability issues inherent in their Redis infrastructure. The article outlines the architectural...
Reducing our monorepo size to improve developer velocity
The article discusses Dropbox's experience with managing a large monorepo, which grew to 87GB, causing significant delays in developer workflows and CI pipeline performance. The team identified that...
How Slack Rebuilt Notifications 📣
The article discusses Slack's comprehensive redesign of its notification system, addressing the complexities and user frustrations associated with notification overload. It highlights the...
How we rebuilt the foundations of component instances
The article outlines Figma's significant architectural transformation of its component instance system, moving from a decade-old architecture to a reactive foundation that enhances performance and...
You can't stream the energy: A developer's guide to Google Cloud Next '26 in Vegas
The article serves as a guide for developers attending Google Cloud Next '26 in Las Vegas, highlighting the importance of in-person collaboration and the value of hands-on learning. It outlines key...
Hyperforce Migration at Scale: How Deterministic Automation Replaced Manual Spreadsheets Across 95,000 Organizations
The article outlines the development of the Migration Intake and Processing Service (MIPS) at Salesforce, which automates the migration of over 95,000 organizations to Hyperforce. It highlights the...
Safeguarding Dynamic Configuration Changes at Scale
The article outlines Airbnb's dynamic configuration platform, Sitar, which enables safe and reliable runtime behavior changes without service interruptions. It emphasizes the importance of a coherent...
My Journey to Airbnb — Anna Sulkina
Anna Sulkina's journey to Airbnb highlights her extensive experience in engineering, particularly in application and cloud infrastructure. She transitioned from hardware diagnostics to software...
The Container paradox: Why the Inference Cloud Demands a “Decoupled” Database
The article explores the challenges of managing databases within Kubernetes clusters, particularly in the context of the Inference Cloud, where AI-driven applications require efficient data access...
Re-Architecting Enterprise Applications for an Agentic System of Action
The article explores the necessity of re-architecting enterprise applications to accommodate agentic systems that can dynamically interpret situations and coordinate actions across various business...
How Agentforce Enhanced Chat Built an Agent-first Chat Experience While Ensuring Easy Migration for 3,000+ Customers
The article outlines the engineering efforts behind the development of Agentforce Enhanced Chat, emphasizing a microservices architecture that allows for seamless integration with existing customer...
Building vertical microfrontends on Cloudflare’s platform
The article introduces a new Worker template for Vertical Microfrontends (VMFE) on Cloudflare, allowing teams to independently manage different parts of an application by associating specific...
Inside Salesforce Edge: Automating Global Rollback for 1.5 Trillion Requests in 10 Minutes
The article discusses the innovative architecture of Salesforce Edge, focusing on how the team reduced global rollback time from hours to minutes by implementing a blue-green deployment strategy. By...