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Jeff Bordogna
Misadventures in monoliths and microservices
My career so far...
The Gordian knot that is Relay Foods
Start with groceries...
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Thin margins
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Long tail of products
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Expiring inventory
Add a bunch of local products...
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150 local vendors
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Across 5 states
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Tech savviness issues
Promise a tight delivery window
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Thousands of orders
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Midnight order cutoff
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Next day delivery
Differentiate the product
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Behavioral change
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Convenience not enough
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Grocery focused UX
Build an acquisition engine
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Min user base size
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Team of canvassers
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Cowbells...
Behold, the Monolith!
Measured Microservices
Hell...
2013
Measured Microservices
Hell...
Some Sanity
2013
Measured Microservices
2014
2013
Consumer
SPA Website
Hell...
Some Sanity
Measured Microservices
2014
2013
2015
Hell...
Some Sanity
Consumer
SPA Website
Recipe Microservice
Measured Microservices
2014
2013
2015
Hell...
Some Sanity
Consumer
SPA Website
Recipe Microservice
Warehouse App + Microservice
Measured Microservices
2014
2013
2015
Hell...
Some Sanity
Consumer
SPA Website
Recipe Microservice
Warehouse App + Microservice
Email/SMS/etc.
Lambdas
Measured Microservices
2014
2013
2015
Hell...
Some Sanity
Consumer
SPA Website
Recipe Microservice
Warehouse App + Microservice
Email/SMS/etc.
Lambdas
2016
Products
Microservice
Deliveries
Microservice
Admin
Websites
Measured Microservices
2014
2013
2015
Hell...
Some Sanity
Consumer
SPA Website
Recipe Microservice
Warehouse App + Microservice
Email/SMS/etc.
Lambdas
2016
Products
Microservice
Deliveries
Microservice
Admin
Websites
2017
Users
Microservice
Inventory
Microservice
Orders
Microservice
Measured Microservices
Microservices allowed us to:
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Move quickly & confidently to create biz value
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Isolate & then mitigate technical risk points
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Tame complexity by simplifying interfaces
But, microservices were not:
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without their own issues
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an excuse to build everything differently
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a panacea
