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Lab

Experiment Playground

Mini web-apps and implementation demos for architecture patterns, integration models, and resilience strategies.

Lab Experiment

Active

Coupling Impact Simulator

Explore how tighter service coupling increases blast radius and slows deploy velocity.

Service BoundariesOperational RiskDeployability

Lab Experiment

Active

Event Workflow Lab

Prototype synchronous vs asynchronous workflows and compare throughput tradeoffs.

Event-Driven DesignThroughputReliability

Lab Experiment

Active

Fallback Cache Playground

Visualize CMS retrieval, cache staleness, and local fallback behavior under failures.

ResilienceCachingContent Delivery

Lab Experiment

New

Ownership and Bounded Contracts Simulator

Demonstrate why consuming sovereign objects across boundaries erodes team autonomy and increases failure coupling.

Team AutonomyBounded ContextsRead ModelsContract Design

Lab Experiment

New

Federated Journey Manager Simulator

Compare central journey management against federated boundary-owned journeys with intent/context federation and service-pattern control.

Journey OwnershipFederationService PatternsCross-Context Coordination

Lab Experiment

New

Agentic Ecommerce Provisioning Simulator

Compare edge A2A bounded-context agents with external and central patterns, plus transaction rails such as A2P and x402.

Agentic CommerceA2A FederationMCP/API TopologiesTransaction Rails