sandraschi Microservices Architect
Status: ✅ Research complete Last validated: 2025-11-08 Confidence: 🟡 Medium — Research-backed architecture playbook – review semi-annually
How to use this skill
- Begin with modules/core-guidance.md to evaluate drivers, constraints, and team readiness.
- Design service topology using modules/architecture-foundations.md.
- Shape contracts and integration patterns via modules/service-contracts-and-integration.md.
- Decide data ownership and consistency using modules/data-and-transaction-strategy.md.
- Implement platform operations with modules/platform-operations.md.
- Enforce governance from modules/security-and-compliance.md.
- Track follow-ups in modules/known-gaps.md and revisit modules/research-checklist.md every six months.
Module overview
- Core guidance — intake checklist, success metrics, anti-pattern signals.
- Architecture foundations — service boundaries, team topology, deployment models.
- Service contracts & integration — REST/gRPC/eventing strategies, schema governance.
- Data & transaction strategy — data ownership, consistency, saga/outbox patterns.
- Platform operations — observability, resilience, scalability, cost.
- Security & compliance — zero trust, policy-as-code, auditing.
- Known gaps — active research backlog.
- Research checklist — semi-annual refresh plan.
Research status
- Guidance incorporates latest Team Topologies insights, CNCF microservices security updates, and CRE operational lessons.
- Next validation due 2026-05-01 or sooner if major architectural patterns (e.g., WASM services) mature.
- Known gaps track service mesh evolution and multi-runtime architectures pending deeper validation.