https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Distributed Systems Articles feed https://www.infoq.com/articles/spring-batch-without-broker/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Distributed+Systems-articles <img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/spring-batch-without-broker/en/headerimage/Distributed-Spring-Batch-Without-a-Message-Broker-header-1792419294298.jpg"/><p>Distributed Spring Batch partitioning already needs a shared, persistent job repository. This article makes that database the whole coordination plane and drops the message broker, sizing work to the live node count, a per-job master with no standing coordinator, compare-and-set claiming that prevents double-execution, two-phase heartbeat failover, and where a broker is still the right choice.</p> <i>By Janardhan Reddy Chejarla</i> Data Partitioning Spring Batch Java Messaging Distributed Systems Development Architecture & Design article Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/articles/spring-batch-without-broker/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Distributed+Systems-articles Janardhan Reddy Chejarla 2026-10-21T09:00:00Z /articles/spring-batch-without-broker/en https://www.infoq.com/articles/distributed-systems-microservices-agentic-ai/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Distributed+Systems-articles <img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/distributed-systems-microservices-agentic-ai/en/headerimage/header-1792138504151.jpg"/><p>The article examines the transition from microservices to agentic AI architecture in distributed systems. Microservices allow for functional decomposition, while agentic systems focus on decision decomposition. This shift introduces new complexities in observability, reliability, and system design, highlighting the need for updated architectural patterns and practices.</p> <i>By Mallika Rao</i> Agentic AI Architecture Series Large language models Microservices Agentic AI Architecture Distributed Systems AI, ML & Data Engineering Architecture & Design article Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/articles/distributed-systems-microservices-agentic-ai/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Distributed+Systems-articles Mallika Rao 2026-10-19T11:00:00Z /articles/distributed-systems-microservices-agentic-ai/en