Server-Side Architect: Scalable Systems with Microservices and Containers

By Boozman Richard

Design for Scale. Build with Confidence. Deploy with Power.

Server-Side Architect is your hands-on guide to building modern, scalable, and maintainable back-end systems using microservices, containers, and cloud-native principles.

Whether you're an experienced developer aiming to level up or a software architect navigating distributed systems, this book teaches you how to design the core of powerful applications-at scale.

What You'll Learn:

Key architectural patterns for modern server-side systems

Microservices design: when to use them-and when not to

How to split monoliths without breaking your business logic

Communication patterns: REST, gRPC, message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Containerization with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes

API gateways, service discovery, and security best practices

Load balancing, fault tolerance, and high availability strategies

CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployments

Logging, monitoring, and distributed tracing with tools like Prometheus and Grafana

Real-world case studies, design trade-offs, and scaling lessons

If you're ready to move beyond basic APIs and start thinking like an infrastructure-aware software architect, this book is your blueprint.

Build robust, containerized, distributed systems that grow with your business.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FGJT55SM
• ISBN13: 9798288741180
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"