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Microservices Recipes: The Architect’s Field Guide

The Architect's Field Guide

Copyright © 2019-2026 by Viquar Khan.

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Publication Information

  • Title: Microservices Recipes: The Architect’s Field Guide
  • Subtitle: Featuring Adaptive Granularity Governance: The Khan Microservice Pattern
  • Author: Viquar Khan
  • ORCID: 0009-0008-3592-4162
  • First Edition: January 2019 (public GitHub gitbook; repository created 10 January 2019)
  • Second Edition: January 2026 (Adaptive Granularity Governance edition; formerly Adaptive Granularity Strategy)
  • Version 2.1: September 6, 2026 (23-chapter science edition)
  • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22654421
  • Publisher: Open Source (GitHub / Zenodo)
  • Repository: https://github.com/vaquarkhan/microservices-recipes-a-free-gitbook
  • Code license: MIT License
  • Prose and figures license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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  4. The written specification of the RVx Index, Saga Complexity Score (SCS), and KM3

Original methodologies (please cite)

These are original methodologies by Viquar Khan. Attribute and cite them; no trademark is claimed at this time:

  1. Adaptive Granularity Governance: The Khan Microservice Pattern
    (formerly the Adaptive Granularity Strategy)
    Context-driven framework for microservice boundaries. Motto: “Stop splitting, start governing.”

  2. Service Decomposition Workflow
    Quantitative workflow for granularity decisions, including the RVx Index.

  3. Microservices Maturity Assessment (KM3)
    Organizational maturity stages for distributed systems readiness.

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Version note

  • v2.0 (January 2026): Adaptive Granularity Strategy and RVx Index introduced (historical name)
  • v2.0.1 (July 2026): renamed to Adaptive Granularity Governance: The Khan Microservice Pattern (RVx Index unchanged)
  • v2.1 (September 6, 2026): 23-chapter science edition

See VERSION-HISTORY.md and docs/PATTERN-HISTORY.md.