How Engineering Leads Use Service Maps for Architecture Reviews and Stakeholder Communication
TL;DR — Engineering leads, staff engineers, and architects use service maps for three things that no other tool does well: architecture reviews grounded in current system state, stakeholder presentations that show the actual topology, and migration monitoring that tracks progress against a defined end-state. Here’s the pattern for each. For an individual engineer, a service […]
Microservice Dependency Mapping: The Engineer’s Practical Guide
TL;DR — In a microservice system, the dependencies between services are the architecture. Mapping them explicitly — rather than leaving them implicit in code — is what makes impact analysis, onboarding, and safe refactoring possible. This guide covers the practical mechanics of building and maintaining a dependency map. “I’m afraid to touch that service” is […]
