Enabling Microservice Success • Sarah Wells & Sam Newman • GOTO 2024

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. #GOTOcon #GOTObookclub http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here: https://gotopia.tech/episodes/317 Sarah Wells - Independent Consultant & Author & Author of "Enabling Microservice Success" Sam Newman - Microservices Expert & Author of "Building Microservices" & "Monolith to Microservices" @samnewman4355 RESOURCES Sarah https://bsky.app/profile/sarahjwells.bsky.social https://www.sarahwells.dev https://linkedin.com/in/sarahjwells1 Sam https://twitter.com/samnewman https://www.linkedin.com/in/samnewman http://samnewman.io http://samnewman.io/blog https://github.com/snewman Links https://youtu.be/esaoQPIIiTo https://youtu.be/OIH9pHmM7dY https://youtu.be/sKACrX3llJM https://youtu.be/BIuBnLTMkfQ https://youtu.be/9I9GdSQ1bbM https://youtu.be/GBTdnfD6s5Q https://youtu.be/xg6EFYdXU8w https://youtu.be/wlxAXIXX0Yw https://youtu.be/sUclXYMDI94 https://youtu.be/5OjqD-ow8GE DESCRIPTION Sam Newman talks to Sarah Wells about her new book "Enabling Microservice Success." Sarah Wells, an independent consultant with extensive experience from working at the "Financial Times," shares insights on engineering leadership, culture, and the practicalities of implementing microservices. They discuss challenges like out of hours support, the importance of organizational culture, and lessons learned from early microservice adoption. Sarah and Sam highlight the necessity of a thoughtful approach to microservices, emphasizing team autonomy and resilience. TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:55 Purpose of the book 05:44 Challenges of out of hours support 09:36 Organizational & technical changes 16:17 Standardization & tooling 21:52 The Microservices journey at Financial Times 31:50 Conclusion 33:09 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Sarah Wells • Enabling Microservice Success • https://amzn.to/4aa8xrv Sam Newman • Monolith to Microservices • https://amzn.to/2Nml96E Sam Newman • Building Microservices • https://amzn.to/3dMPbOs Simon Brown • Software Architecture for Developers Vol. 2 • https://leanpub.com/visualising-software-architecture Ronnie Mitra & Irakli Nadareishvili • Microservices: Up and Running • https://amzn.to/3c4HmmL https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Microservices #Monolith #DistributedMonolith #ModularMonolith #SoftwareArchitecture #OutOfHoursSupport #FinancialTimes #FT #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #SarahWells #SamNewman #BookClub CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1