Engineering posts about Service Mesh
Curated summaries and key learnings for engineers working with Service Mesh.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How We Unlocked Performance at Scale with Jira Platform
The article discusses the significant rearchitecture of the Jira Cloud platform, transitioning from a single-tenant database to a cloud-native, multi-tenant architecture designed for scalability,...
How Agentforce, Data, and Apps Turned the Salesforce Stack into Agentforce 360
The article outlines the engineering innovations behind Salesforce's Agentforce 360 platform, emphasizing the integration of data, agent, and application layers into a cohesive architecture. It...
Pay As a Local
The article outlines Airbnb's initiative to implement over 20 locally relevant payment methods across various global markets within a year. It details the architectural changes made to their payment...