📖 Microservices Recipes: The Architect’s Field Guide
Featuring The Adaptive Granularity Strategy (Author’s Method)
by Viquar Khan
Version 2.0 - The Adaptive Granularity Strategy Edition (January 2026)
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- Title: Microservices Recipes: The Architect’s Field Guide
- Author: Viquar Khan
- First Edition: January 2017
- Second Edition: January 2026 (The Adaptive Granularity Strategy Edition)
- Publisher: Open Source (GitHub)
- License: MIT License
- Repository: https://github.com/vaquarkhan/microservices-recipes-a-free-gitbook
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- The Adaptive Granularity Strategy (Author’s Method)
- Service Decomposition Workflow (Author’s Method)
- Microservices Maturity Assessment (Author’s Method)
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🌐 From Monolith to Microservices
Visualizing the transformation journey with The Adaptive Granularity Strategy
🎯 What You’ll Master
✅ The Adaptive Granularity Strategy for optimal service boundaries
✅ Distributed Systems design and implementation
✅ Anti-Pattern Prevention and failure analysis
✅ Real-World Patterns from industry leaders
✅ Production-Ready code examples and recipes
📊 Book Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Chapters | 10 comprehensive chapters |
| Read Time | 4.5 hours total |
| Code Examples | 50+ practical implementations |
| Patterns | 25+ architectural patterns |
| Difficulty | Intermediate → Advanced → Expert |
🚀 Quick Start
🔰 For Beginners
- Start with Chapter 1
- Read the Preface
- Progress through Parts I → II → III
⚡ For Experienced Practitioners
- Review the Table of Contents below
- Jump to specific challenge areas
- Use Quick Reference
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📋 Table of Contents
📚 Front Matter
- 📖 Preface - The Architect’s Mandate
- 👨💻 About the Author - Viquar Khan & The Adaptive Granularity Strategy
- 🎓 Free Mentorship - 1:1 Sessions with Viquar Khan
- 🎓 Free Academic Access - Complete 20-Chapter Edition for Students & Researchers
- 📖 Citations Guide - How to Cite This Work Properly
- 📜 Version History - Release Lineage & Evolution
- 📜 Copyright Notice - Complete Copyright & Legal Information
- ⚖️ Disclaimer - Copyright & Legal Notice
- 🤝 Contributing - How to Contribute
📖 Part I: The Sociotechnical Substrate
Focus: Aligning organization and architecture to prevent the “Distributed Monolith”
| Chapter | Title | Read Time | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | The Definition Wars & The Reality of SOA | 📖 15 min | 🎯 Intermediate |
| Chapter 2 | The Distributed Monolith and Anti Patterns | 📖 25 min | 🎯 Advanced |
| Chapter 3 | Strategic Decomposition: Domain Driven Design | 📖 20 min | 🎯 Advanced |
🗄️ Part II: Data Architecture
Focus: Managing data consistency and transactions in distributed systems
| Chapter | Title | Read Time | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 4 | The End of ACID | 📖 30 min | 🎯 Expert |
| Chapter 5 | Distributed Transactions (The Saga Pattern) | 📖 25 min | 🎯 Expert |
| Chapter 6 | The Dual Write Problem | 📖 20 min | 🎯 Advanced |
| Chapter 7 | Data Mesh vs. Data Fabric | 📖 18 min | 🎯 Advanced |
🌐 Part III: Inter Process Communication
Focus: Moving bits between services without creating latency storms
| Chapter | Title | Read Time | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 8 | The Trinity of Protocols | 📖 22 min | 🎯 Advanced |
| Chapter 9 | The Rise of eBPF Networking and the Post Sidecar Era | 📖 28 min | 🎯 Expert |
| Chapter 10 | Asynchronous Messaging Patterns | 📖 30 min | 🎯 Expert |
📚 Reference Materials
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| 📖 Glossary | Comprehensive definitions of microservices terms |
| ⚡ Quick Reference | Handy reference cards for patterns and practices |
| 📚 Bibliography | Curated list of books, articles, and resources |
🎯 What Makes This Book Special
The Adaptive Granularity Strategy for Adaptive Granularity
At the heart of this book is The Adaptive Granularity Strategy — a systematic approach to determining optimal microservice boundaries. Unlike rigid methodologies, it adapts to your specific:
- Organizational maturity and team structure
- Business domain complexity and change frequency
- Technical constraints and operational capabilities
- Evolutionary growth and learning patterns
“The goal is not to build the perfect architecture, but to build an architecture that can evolve toward perfection.”
— Viquar Khan
👨💻 About the Author
Viquar Khan is a Senior Data Architect at AWS Professional Services with 20+ years of expertise in distributed systems. Creator of The Adaptive Granularity Strategy, Service Decomposition Workflow, and Microservices Maturity Assessment.
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Last Updated: February 11, 2026 | Original work by Viquar Khan