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Microservices patterns

Service boundaries, discovery, inter-service calls, and decomposition patterns.

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How to Build an Anti-Corruption Layer in Python

Translate messy legacy system data into a clean domain model using an anti-corruption layer in Python.

anti-corruption microservices data-transformation
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class MockLegacySystem:
    """Simulates a legacy system with messy data formats."""
    def get_user_data(self):
        # Legacy format: fields are abbreviated and types are inconsistent
        return {
            "usr_id": "USR-123",
            "usr_nm": "john_doe",
            "email_addrs": "John.Doe@example.c…
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How to Mock a Choreography Saga in Python

Simulate a choreography-based saga with event envelopes, status tracking, and compensating actions to model distributed transactions.

saga microservices events
Python
import json
from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict
from typing import List, Optional
from enum import Enum


class SagaStatus(Enum):
    PENDING = "PENDING"
    COMPLETING = "COMPLETING"
    COMPLETED = "COMPLETED"
    FAILED = "FAILED"


@dataclass
class EventEnvelope:
    event_type: str
    order_id: str
    sta…
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