Microservices Communication: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Patterns Explained with Go

Microservices Communication: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Patterns Explained with Go

When microservices stop talking to each other, your architecture becomes a digital ghost town—and nobody wants to host a server cemetery. Having wrestled with chatty services and silent pods myself, I’ll show you how to master communication patterns without falling into distributed system pitfalls. Let’s get those microservices gossiping like old friends at a pub. 🔄 Synchronous Communication: The Talkative Twins Imagine two microservices holding walkie-talkies—one shouts, “Hey, need data NOW!...

July 6, 2025 · 4 min · 677 words · Maxim Zhirnov
Building a Resource Ninja: Crafting Your Go Application Optimization System

Building a Resource Ninja: Crafting Your Go Application Optimization System

Ever had that sinking feeling when your Go service starts guzzling resources like a dehydrated camel at an oasis? You know something’s wrong, but pinpointing the exact memory leaks or CPU hogs feels like finding a needle in a quantum foam haystack. Fear not! Today we’re building a resource optimization system that’ll turn you into a Go performance samurai. Grab your coding katana – we’re diving deep. Laying the Foundation: Instrumentation Tactics First rule of Optimization Club: you can’t fix what you can’t measure....

June 20, 2025 · 4 min · 782 words · Maxim Zhirnov
NoSQL Database Optimization in Go: Making Your Queries Fly Like a Gopher on Espresso

NoSQL Database Optimization in Go: Making Your Queries Fly Like a Gopher on Espresso

Picture this: you’ve built a blazing fast Go service, only to find it moves like a sloth through peanut butter when talking to your NoSQL database. Fear not! Today we’re diving into professional-grade optimizations that’ll make your database interactions smoother than a jazz saxophonist’s riff. I’ll share battle-tested techniques and a few “ohhh, that’s why!” moments from my own coding misadventures. Taming the Connection Beast 🔗 Let’s start with the foundation - connection management....

May 31, 2025 · 4 min · 696 words · Maxim Zhirnov
Оптимизация базы данных NoSQL в Go: Чтобы ваши запросы летали, как суслик на эспрессо

Оптимизация базы данных NoSQL в Go: Чтобы ваши запросы летали, как суслик на эспрессо

Представьте: вы создали сверхбыстрый сервис на Go, но он движется как ленивец в арахисовом масле при взаимодействии с вашей NoSQL базой данных. Не бойтесь! Сегодня мы погрузимся в оптимизации профессионального уровня, которые сделают взаимодействие с вашей базой данных плавным, как импровизация джазового саксофониста. Я поделюсь проверенными на практике приёмами и несколькими моментами из моих собственных кодовых приключений, которые вызовут у вас реакцию «оhhh, вот почему!». Укрощение зверя подключений 🔗 Начнём с основ — управления подключениями....

May 31, 2025 · 4 min · 714 words · Maxim Zhirnov
Divided We Stand: A Golang Chef's Recipe for Database Sharding

Divided We Stand: A Golang Chef's Recipe for Database Sharding

Ah, horizontal scaling - the culinary art of database architecture! Much like slicing a giant salami into manageable pieces (but with less garlic), sharding helps us serve data faster than a New York pizza joint. Let’s put on our chef hats and cook up a resilient sharding implementation in Go! The Sharding Buffet: Choose Your Partition Flavor Before we fire up the code oven, let’s examine our main course options: Horizontal vs Vertical Sharding...

May 12, 2025 · 3 min · 546 words · Maxim Zhirnov