1/28/2026

Distributed Thinking for Full Stack Engineers

Even small products should be designed with eventual distributed complexity in mind.

Most products start simple, then become distributed through scale, integrations, and team growth.

Early Patterns That Help Later

• Idempotent write APIs
• Queue-backed workflows
• Explicit retry policies
• Metrics tied to user-facing outcomes

Outcome

You reduce regression risk while keeping feature velocity stable.