Chris Richardson
Software architect and microservices thought leader, creator of microservices.io and author of Microservices Patterns, with experience founding Eventuate and contributing to cloud platform projects.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 55min
Software Evolution with Microservices and LLMs: A Conversation with Chris Richardson
Chris Richardson, software architect and microservices pioneer who created microservices.io and wrote Microservices Patterns. He discusses evolving monoliths into microservices for faster delivery. He covers breaking apart code and data, data ownership and consistency trade-offs. He also explores using generative AI to understand codebases and the limits of LLMs for architectural decisions.
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May 26, 2025 • 59min
Event Driven Architectures
Chris Richardson, a software architect and author of Microservice Patterns, joins Indu Alagarsamy, a principal engineer at the New York Times passionate about event-driven architectures, and Ignacio Castillejos, a staff software engineer in the subscription platform group. They dive into the world of event-driven architecture, discussing its benefits over traditional methods. Key topics include the importance of idempotency, the use of technologies like Kafka and GCP's Event Arc, and best practices for managing distributed systems. Real-world examples highlight the potential for scalability and reliability.
