Distributed Systems Patterns

Acknowledgement: Shared by Peter Bamuhigire, techguypeter.com, +256 784 464178.

Use When

• Use when designing or reviewing multi-service, message-driven, or eventually consistent systems. Covers service boundaries, consistency tradeoffs, event workflows, outbox and inbox patterns, sagas, ordering, and idempotency.
• The task needs reusable judgment, domain constraints, or a proven workflow rather than ad hoc advice.

Do Not Use When

• The task is unrelated to distributed-systems-patterns or would be better handled by a more specific companion skill.
• The request only needs a trivial answer and none of this skill's constraints or references materially help.

Required Inputs

• Gather relevant project context, constraints, and the concrete problem to solve; load references only as needed.
• Confirm the desired deliverable: design, code, review, migration plan, audit, or documentation.