Preparing materials for an architecture review
What to gather before a backend architecture review so interview time goes to judgment, not scavenger hunts.
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Guides and field notes on backend architecture reviews and API design from Content Leafcore.
Short pieces from review work — boundaries, contracts, and the decisions teams postpone.
Idempotency keys before the first retry storm
Why payment and webhook flows need explicit idempotency before production traffic teaches you the hard way.
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Versioning promises your API consumers will remember
A practical checklist for what you are actually guaranteeing when you stamp v1 on a public or partner API.
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Where service boundaries actually crack
Three failure patterns we see when teams draw boxes around modules without naming the data that crosses them.
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