API PlaybookArchitecture Patterns
Section 4 · 5 topics

Architecture Patterns

Your API doesn't live alone — stop designing like it does

01
API Gateway
Routing, aggregation, and cross-cutting concerns in one place
Intermediate6 min read
02
Backend-for-Frontend (BFF)
Different clients deserve different APIs
Intermediate5 min read
03
Event-Driven APIs
Webhooks, SSE, and pub/sub — when request/response isn't enough
Intermediate6 min read
04
GraphQL: When It Shines, When It Doesn't
It solves real problems and introduces new ones
Intermediate6 min read
05
Saga Pattern
Distributed transactions without two-phase commit
Advanced6 min read