Architecture - Technology Performance Pulse

Low-Maintenance Backend Architectures for Scalable Applications

DZone

JANUARY 10, 2025

The Evolution of Back-End Complexity Until recently, back-end architectures were relatively straightforward: monolithic applications ruled the landscape, with everything neatly contained within a single codebase. Developers could understand and manage the entire systems intricacies.

Architecture

Architecture Scalability Software Engineering Cloud

Designing and Maintaining Event-Driven Architectures

DZone

MARCH 19, 2025

Event-driven architecture (EDA) gives your system the ability to receive and respond to changes in real time, making it easier to scale. Decoupling components is the core theme of EDA, which makes it flexible, allowing it to scale asynchronously based on events. This approach makes systems reactive, scalable, and resilient to failures.

Architecture

Architecture Design Scalability Monitoring

Next Generation Observability: An Architectural Introduction

DZone

JANUARY 28, 2025

In my past life, I spent many hours researching, creating, explaining, and publishing portfolio architectures across a collection of application development, domain verticals, infrastructure solutions, and hybrid cloud domains. Most of these concentrated on the application layers and their usage of the infrastructure.

Architecture

Architecture Infrastructure Cloud Development

Evolution of search engines architecture - Algolia New Search Architecture Part 1

High Scalability

AUGUST 2, 2021

What would a totally new search engine architecture look like? In this article, we look at some key milestones in the evolution of search engine architecture. We also describe the challenges those architectures face today. As you’ll see, we grouped the engines into four architecture categories.

Architecture

Architecture Engineering Systems

VPN Architecture for Internal Networks

DZone

MAY 22, 2023

As a leading solution in the realm of VPN , OpenVPN's architecture plays a critical role in enhancing corporate network security and connectivity. This article provides a comprehensive exploration of OpenVPN's architecture and its implementation for a company's internal networks.

Network

Network Architecture Infrastructure Technology

Observability Architecture: Financial Calculations Example

DZone

JULY 11, 2023

The architectures presented were based on open-source cloud-native technologies, such as containers, microservices, and a Kubernetes-based container platform. Cloud-native technology has been changing the way payment services are architected. The major omission in this series was to avoid discussing any aspect of cloud-native observability.

Architecture

Architecture Open Source DevOps Cloud

A Look Into Netflix System Architecture

DZone

JULY 1, 2024

Netflix Architecture is responsible for the smooth streaming experience that attracts viewers worldwide behind the scenes. Netflix's system architecture emphasizes how important it is to determine how content is shaped in the future. Ever wondered how Netflix keeps you glued to your screen with uninterrupted streaming bliss?

Architecture

Architecture Systems Entertainment

Managing Architectural Tech Debt

DZone

JUNE 3, 2024

When I think about technical debt , I still remember the first application I created that made me realize the consequences of an unsuitable architecture. It happened back in the late 1990s when I was first getting started as a consultant.

Architecture

Architecture Systems Development

Exploring Parallel Processing: SIMD vs. MIMD Architectures

DZone

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In the landscape of computer architecture, two prominent paradigms shape the realm of parallel processing: SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) and MIMD (Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data) architectures. This approach enables efficient processing of large datasets by applying the same operation to multiple elements concurrently.

Architecture

Architecture Processing Efficiency Design

Architecture Patterns: Sharding

DZone

JANUARY 2, 2024

Sharding, a database architecture pattern, involves partitioning a database into smaller, faster, more manageable parts called shards. What Is Sharding? Each shard is a distinct database, and collectively, these shards make up the entire database.

Architecture

Architecture Database Scalability Servers

Web Application Architecture: A Comprehensive Guide

DZone

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It’s an underlying web application architecture that makes this process possible. In this blog, you’ll discover what a web app architecture is, how a web application architecture diagram looks, and how you can design the right architecture for web apps.

Architecture

Architecture Mobile Website Servers

Observability Architecture: Financial Payments Example

DZone

JUNE 21, 2023

The series consisted of six articles and covered architectural diagrams from logical, schematic, and detailed views of the various use cases uncovered. In 2020, I presented a series of insights from real implementations adopting open-source and cloud-native technology to modernize payment services.

Architecture

Architecture Open Source Cloud Technology

From Observability To Architectural Observability — Shifting Left for Resiliency

DZone

JULY 23, 2024

In my previous article, Managing Architectural Tech Debt , I talked about understanding and managing architectural technical debt. Architectural technical debt is the often ignored, but ironically one of the most damaging , categories of technical debt.

Architecture

Architecture Performance

Bridging the Observability Gap for Modern Cloud Architectures

DZone

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Cloud-native architectures have brought immense complexity along with increased business agility. But with this complexity comes fragility and lack of transparency into system performance and reliability.

Architecture

Architecture Cloud Engineering Technology

Grafana Loki Fundamentals and Architecture

DZone

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Grafana Loki is a horizontally scalable, highly available log aggregation system. It is designed for simplicity and cost-efficiency. Created by Grafana Labs in 2018, Loki has rapidly emerged as a compelling alternative to traditional logging systems, particularly for cloud-native and Kubernetes environments.

Architecture

Architecture Scalability Efficiency Cloud

Advancements and Capabilities in Modern Mainframe Architecture

DZone

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Mainframe architecture refers to the design and structure of a mainframe computer system, which is a powerful and reliable computing platform used for large-scale data processing, transaction processing, and enterprise applications.

Architecture

Architecture Design Processing Systems

Multi-Tenant Architecture for a SaaS Application on AWS

DZone

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

For this, the only solution is to build a multi-tenant architecture SaaS application. The real solution is a multi-tenant architecture on AWS for a SaaS application. SaaS applications are the new normal nowadays, and software providers are looking to transform their applications into a Software As a Service application.

AWS

AWS Architecture Cloud Servers

Advanced Architecture for AI Application (AKA AAAA!)

DZone

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This post will look at the existing project architecture and ways we can improve it for both application developers and the end user. This is a bonus blog post for the AI for Web Devs series I recently wrapped up. If you haven’t read that series yet, I’d encourage you to check it out.

Architecture

Architecture Development

Ending Microservices Chaos: How Architecture Governance Keeps Your Microservices on Track

DZone

OCTOBER 24, 2024

A microservices architecture is the gold standard for building scalable web applications. Gartner estimates that 74% of organizations use microservices for their web applications , with another 23% planning to use them soon.

Architecture

Architecture Government Scalability Development

The keys to selecting a platform for end-to-end observability

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 2, 2024

DevOps and security teams managing today’s multicloud architectures and cloud-native applications are facing an avalanche of data. However, the drive to innovate faster and transition to cloud-native application architectures generates more than just complexity — it’s creating significant new risk.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Architecture Cloud

Dynatrace log collection for ARM unlocks power-efficient architecture for your enterprise

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Without observability, the benefits of ARM are lost Over the last decade and a half, a new wave of computer architecture has overtaken the world. ARM architecture, based on a processor type optimized for cloud and hyperscale computing, has become the most prevalent on the planet, with billions of ARM devices currently in use.

Architecture

Architecture Efficiency Energy Monitoring

Enhancing Resiliency: Implementing the Circuit Breaker Pattern for Strong Serverless Architecture on AWS

DZone

JANUARY 16, 2024

Serverless architecture is a way of building and running applications without the need to manage infrastructure. Importance of Resiliency in Serverless Architecture As heavenly as serverless sounds, it isn't immune to failures. You write your code, and the cloud provider handles the rest - provisioning, scaling, and maintenance.

Serverless

Serverless AWS Architecture Lambda

MySQL with Diagrams Part One: Replication Architecture

Percona

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In this series, MySQL with Diagrams, Ill use diagrams to explain internals, architectures, and structures as detailed as possible. In basic terms, here’s how replication works: the transactions are written into a binary log on the source side, carried into the replica, and applied.

Architecture

Software Architecture Tracks at QCon San Francisco 2024 – Navigating Current Challenges and Trends

InfoQ

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

At QCon San Francisco 2024, software architecture is front and center, with two tracks dedicated to exploring some of the largest and most complex architectures today. Join senior software practitioners as they provide inspiration and practical lessons for architects seeking to tackle issues at a massive scale. By Artenisa Chatziou

Software Architecture

Software Architecture Architecture Software Software

Cut costs and complexity: 5 strategies for reducing tool sprawl with Dynatrace

Dynatrace

APRIL 10, 2025

As an executive, I am always seeking simplicity and efficiency to make sure the architecture of the business is as streamlined as possible. Here is a typical array of tools found in common IT environment architectures of Fortune 500 companies. Moreover, tool sprawl can increase risks for reliability, security, and compliance.

Strategy

Strategy Storage Network Architecture

Article: Transforming Legacy Healthcare Systems: A Journey to Cloud-Native Architecture

InfoQ

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Discover how Livi navigated the complexities of transitioning MJog, a legacy healthcare system, to a cloud-native architecture, sharing valuable insights for successful tech modernization. Our experience illustrates that transitioning from legacy systems to cloud-based microservices is not a one-time project but an ongoing journey.

Healthcare

Healthcare Architecture Cloud Systems

Why and How We Built a Primary-Replica Architecture of ClickHouse

DZone

AUGUST 13, 2024

We innovatively use its snapshot feature to implement a primary-replica architecture for ClickHouse. This architecture ensures high availability and stability of the data while significantly enhancing system performance and data recovery capabilities.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Architecture AWS Storage

Best Practices for Designing Resilient APIs for Scalability and Reliability

DZone

JANUARY 8, 2025

My experiences include tackling challenges like handling service failures in distributed architectures and mitigating the cascading effects of outages in high-demand systems. The Evolution of API Architecture Over the years, API architecture has evolved to address the gaps in its previous designs and keep up with the ever-pressing demands.

Best Practices

Best Practices Design Scalability Architecture

The Agile Architect: Mastering Architectural Observability To Slay Technical Debt

DZone

AUGUST 28, 2023

But with this shift, understanding our software architecture on a deeper level while keeping up with the quick pace of release cycles is becoming more challenging. Fortunately, the concept of Architectural Observability steps in to help.

Architecture

Architecture Retail Software Architecture Infrastructure

Optimizing Generative AI With Retrieval-Augmented Generation: Architecture, Algorithms, and Applications Overview

DZone

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This article is intended for data scientists, AI researchers, machine learning engineers, and advanced practitioners in the field of artificial intelligence who have a solid grounding in machine learning concepts, natural language processing , and deep learning architectures.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Architecture Network Engineering

Java Is Greener on Arm

DZone

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Even those not particularly interested in computer technology have heard of microprocessor architectures. This is especially true with the recent news that Qualcomm is rumored to be examining the possibility of acquiring various parts of Intel and Uber is partnering with Ampere Computing.

Java

Java Hardware Architecture Efficiency

Medallion Architecture: Efficient Batch and Stream Processing Data Pipelines With Azure Databricks and Delta Lake

DZone

JULY 13, 2023

Medallion Architecture provides a framework for organizing data processing workflows into different zones, enabling optimized batch and stream processing. This article explores the concepts of Medallion Architecture and demonstrates how to implement batch and stream processing pipelines using Azure Databricks and Delta Lake.

Azure

Azure Architecture Efficiency Processing

Distributed Cloud Architecture for Resilient Systems

DZone

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This is an article from DZone's 2023 Observability and Application Performance Trend Report. For more: Read the Report Employing cloud services can incur a great deal of risk if not planned and designed correctly. In fact, this is really no different than the challenges that are inherit within a single on-premises data center implementation.

Cloud

Cloud Architecture Systems Network

Dynatrace elevates data security with separated storage and unique encryption keys for each tenant

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Protect data in multi-tenant architectures To bring you the most value by unifying observability and security in one analytics and automation platform powered by AI, Dynatrace SaaS leverages a multitenancy architecture, enabling efficient and scalable data ingestion, querying, and processing on shared infrastructure.

Storage

Storage AWS Azure Architecture

Monitor Spring Boot Web Application Performance Using Micrometer and InfluxDB

DZone

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Diagnosing issues within complex microservice architectures can quickly become a time-consuming and daunting task. As a Java developer, there's nothing more frustrating than dealing with sluggish application performance in production.

Monitoring

Monitoring Performance Games Java

Architecture Patterns: The Circuit-Breaker

DZone

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In the world of distributed systems, the likelihood of components failing or becoming unresponsive is higher compared to monolithic systems.

Architecture

Architecture Software Engineering Traffic Engineering

Three Habits of Highly Effective Observability Teams

DZone

OCTOBER 17, 2024

As organizations adopt microservices and containerized architectures, they often realize that they need to rethink their approach to basic operational tasks like security or observability.

Open Source

Open Source Architecture Technology Technology

Tips for Building a Scalable Payment Architecture

DZone

JANUARY 31, 2024

When you are preparing your application for release, an efficient initial strategy is to integrate a single payment service. But as your application's market reach grows, so does the necessity for flexible and diverse payment options.

Scalability

Scalability Architecture Strategy Infrastructure

Microservice Architecture of Alibaba

Abhishek Tiwari

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Alibaba has constructed a sophisticated microservices architecture to address the challenges of serving its vast user base and handling complex business operations.

Architecture

Architecture Strategy Scalability Design

Optimizing Database Performance in Middleware Applications

DZone

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In the realm of modern software architecture, middleware plays a pivotal role in connecting various components of distributed systems. One of the most significant challenges faced by middleware applications is optimizing database interactions.

Database

Database Performance Software Architecture Latency

An Overview of TCPCopy for Beginners

DZone

OCTOBER 11, 2024

With the rapid development of Internet technology, server-side architectures have become increasingly complex. Architecture The architecture of TCPCopy has undergone several upgrades, and this article introduces the latest 1.0 Therefore, real online traffic is crucial for server-side testing.

Traffic

Traffic Open Source Internet Internet

Performance Optimization Techniques for Snowflake on AWS

DZone

MARCH 6, 2025

Understanding Snowflake's Architecture on AWS Snowflake's multi-cluster, shared-data architecture on AWS consists of three distinct layers: This comprehensive guide explores advanced techniques and best practices for maximizing Snowflake performance, backed by practical examples and implementation strategies.

AWS

AWS Performance Best Practices Architecture

Dynatrace Observability for Developers saves time with real-time data

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Additionally, Dynatrace integrates relevant trace data, providing full visibility into complex, microservices-based architectures. Dynatrace provides a detailed view of application transactions across microservices architectures, enabling you to track requests from start to finish.

Development

Development Analytics Code Architecture

Title Launch Observability at Netflix Scale

The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

Part 3: System Strategies and Architecture By: VarunKhaitan With special thanks to my stunning colleagues: Mallika Rao , Esmir Mesic , HugoMarques This blog post is a continuation of Part 2 , where we cleared the ambiguity around title launch observability at Netflix. The response schema for the observability endpoint.

Traffic

Traffic Strategy Entertainment Innovation

Low-Maintenance Backend Architectures for Scalable Applications

Designing and Maintaining Event-Driven Architectures

Trending Sources

Next Generation Observability: An Architectural Introduction

Evolution of search engines architecture - Algolia New Search Architecture Part 1

VPN Architecture for Internal Networks

Observability Architecture: Financial Calculations Example

A Look Into Netflix System Architecture

Managing Architectural Tech Debt

Exploring Parallel Processing: SIMD vs. MIMD Architectures

Architecture Patterns: Sharding

Web Application Architecture: A Comprehensive Guide

Observability Architecture: Financial Payments Example

From Observability To Architectural Observability — Shifting Left for Resiliency

Bridging the Observability Gap for Modern Cloud Architectures

Grafana Loki Fundamentals and Architecture

Advancements and Capabilities in Modern Mainframe Architecture

Multi-Tenant Architecture for a SaaS Application on AWS

Advanced Architecture for AI Application (AKA AAAA!)

Ending Microservices Chaos: How Architecture Governance Keeps Your Microservices on Track

The keys to selecting a platform for end-to-end observability

Dynatrace log collection for ARM unlocks power-efficient architecture for your enterprise

Enhancing Resiliency: Implementing the Circuit Breaker Pattern for Strong Serverless Architecture on AWS

MySQL with Diagrams Part One: Replication Architecture

Software Architecture Tracks at QCon San Francisco 2024 – Navigating Current Challenges and Trends

Cut costs and complexity: 5 strategies for reducing tool sprawl with Dynatrace

Article: Transforming Legacy Healthcare Systems: A Journey to Cloud-Native Architecture

Why and How We Built a Primary-Replica Architecture of ClickHouse

Best Practices for Designing Resilient APIs for Scalability and Reliability

The Agile Architect: Mastering Architectural Observability To Slay Technical Debt

Optimizing Generative AI With Retrieval-Augmented Generation: Architecture, Algorithms, and Applications Overview

Java Is Greener on Arm

Medallion Architecture: Efficient Batch and Stream Processing Data Pipelines With Azure Databricks and Delta Lake

Distributed Cloud Architecture for Resilient Systems

Dynatrace elevates data security with separated storage and unique encryption keys for each tenant

Monitor Spring Boot Web Application Performance Using Micrometer and InfluxDB

Architecture Patterns: The Circuit-Breaker

Three Habits of Highly Effective Observability Teams

Tips for Building a Scalable Payment Architecture

Microservice Architecture of Alibaba

Optimizing Database Performance in Middleware Applications

An Overview of TCPCopy for Beginners

Performance Optimization Techniques for Snowflake on AWS

Dynatrace Observability for Developers saves time with real-time data

Title Launch Observability at Netflix Scale

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