Integration Patterns

Designing a Retry Framework That Doesn't Make Things Worse

A shared retry policy sounds simple until it starts amplifying an outage. Here's the framework I reuse across webMethods integrations, and the failure modes it's designed around.

2026-03-14 · 6 min read

IBM webMethods

What Actually Slows Down Trading Networks Partner Onboarding

It's rarely the mapping. A look at where partner onboarding time really goes, and how externalizing configuration cut it down.

2026-01-22 · 5 min read

Architecture

REST vs SOAP: The Decision Nobody Actually Makes Freely

In enterprise integration work, the protocol is usually chosen for you by the system on the other end. Here's how to think about the cases where you do get a choice.

2025-11-08 · 4 min read