The Patterns That Actually Matter: What Building Microservices at Scale Taught Me About Distributed Systems

๐ŸŽ“ AUTHORITY NOTE This content reflects 20+ years of hands-on enterprise software engineering and architecture experience. Recommendations are production-tested and enterprise-validated. Executive Summary The transition from monolithic architectures to microservices is often painted as a silver bullet for scalability. However, without the right distributed system patterns, it often results in a “distributed monolith”โ€”a system that […]

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Production-Ready Agents: Observability, Security & Deployment – Part 8

Deploy AI agents to production with enterprise-grade observability, security, and resilience. Complete guide to OpenTelemetry, content safety, and Azure deployment.

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Multi-Agent Orchestration Patterns in Microsoft Agent Framework – Part 7

Master the five orchestration patterns: Sequential, Concurrent, Handoff, Group Chat, and Magentic. Learn when to use each pattern.

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Case Study: Enterprise Healthcare Integration – Building a HIPAA-Compliant Patient-Provider Platform

The Challenge: Healthcare Integration at Scale Solution Architecture: High-Level Design (HLD) โš–๏ธ COMPLIANCE HIPAA Requirements Met: All PHI encrypted using AES-256 (at rest) and TLS 1.3 (in transit). Comprehensive audit logging captures all data access events with immutable records stored in Azure Monitor. Access controls implement principle of least privilege using Azure AD RBAC with […]

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Workflows: Graph-Based Agent Orchestration in Microsoft Agent Framework – Part 6

Build graph-based workflows connecting multiple agents. Learn executors, edges, conditional routing, and checkpointing for complex business processes.

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Multi-Turn Conversations & Agent Threads in Microsoft Agent Framework – Part 5

Master multi-turn conversations with Agent Threads. Learn context management, persistence patterns, and human-in-the-loop workflows.

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