Release It!

By Michael T. Nygard,

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Book description

A single dramatic software failure can cost a company millions of dollars - but can be avoided with simple changes to design and architecture. This new edition of the best-selling industry standard shows you how to create systems that run longer, with fewer failures, and recover better when bad things…


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1 author picked Release It! as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A common reason for microservice projects to fail is a lack of understanding of how to build resilient and fault-tolerant microservices.

This book was a game-changer for me, providing essential strategies to address these challenges. It taught me how to avoid anti-patterns like Cascading Failures and embrace patterns like Circuit Breaker and Bulkhead to manage temporary network issues and overload situations. The real-world solutions it offers were immediately applicable to my projects.

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