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API Design

The process of defining interfaces for software components to communicate with each other effectively.

Idempotency

The property where an operation produces the same result regardless of how many times it is executed.

Rate Limiting

A technique for controlling the number of requests a client can make to an API within a specified time period.

Circuit Breaker Pattern

A design pattern that prevents cascading failures by stopping calls to a failing service temporarily.

Concurrency

The ability of a system to handle multiple tasks simultaneously by interleaving their execution.

Parallelism

The simultaneous execution of multiple computations across multiple processors or cores.

A visual workflow management method that limits work in progress and optimises the flow of tasks through a system.

Written materials describing the architecture, design, APIs, and usage of software systems.

An agile framework using fixed-length iterations called sprints for incremental product delivery with defined roles and ceremonies.

A design pattern where dependencies are provided to a component rather than created within it.

A deployment strategy using two identical production environments to achieve zero-downtime releases.

An iterative approach to software development emphasising flexibility, collaboration, and rapid delivery of working software.

A communication protocol providing full-duplex communication channels over a single persistent TCP connection.

Restructuring existing code without changing its external behaviour to improve readability and maintainability.