Adaptive Architectures: Reimagining API Federation and Microservices Integration

Explore adaptive architectures and reimagine API federation and microservices integration in this conference talk from GOTO Copenhagen 2023. Delve into the challenges of composing microservices and learn how to leverage existing API specs like OpenAPI and gRPC to achieve composition and federation without relying on brittle glue code. Discover Taxi, a meta-language for annotating API specs, and TaxiQL, a query language and open-source orchestration engine that generates and adapts integration on demand. Follow along as the speaker demonstrates these concepts using a practical example, "shop-o-pie," and explores topics such as semantic metadata, query execution, and the benefits of treating API specs as first-class citizens in enterprise integration. Gain insights into creating a mesh of services that connect on demand and self-adapt their middleware as surrounding services change, potentially revolutionizing your approach to microservices architecture and integration.