Microfrontends, Architecture and Trade-offs

This Substack explores micro-frontends architecture, emphasizing scalable frontend development. It covers technological strategies like islands architecture, module federation, and server-driven UIs, alongside the implications of deploying on different infrastructures. It also delves into the role of senior technical decisions, extensibility, and the integration of LLMs and generative UIs in enriching user experiences.

Micro-frontends Frontend Development Architecture and Scalability Deployment and Infrastructure UI/UX Design Serverless Functions Monorepos and Componentization Extensible UIs Technical Leadership and Decision Making Performance Optimization

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Fate-Sharing, islands architecture and O(1) frameworks

1 HN point • 14 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Architecture Frameworks
  1. Fate-sharing in large frontend applications can lead to performance regressions and downtime, highlighting the need for independent deployment of application parts.
  2. Islands architecture and resumability offer solutions to hydration issues in web frameworks, promoting better performance and scalability by breaking down applications into isolated units.
  3. O(1) frameworks, like those utilizing islands architecture, optimize JavaScript downloads by only loading the necessary code for the interacted parts of the application, potentially reducing payload size and improving user experience.

The Nextjs that runs on Vercel is not the same that runs on your infrastructure

0 implied HN points • 03 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Frameworks Serverless Containers Scalability Infrastructure
  1. When using modern frameworks like NextJS or Remix, running on serverless infrastructure is common and efficient.
  2. Deploying a NextJS app on Vercel leverages serverless/edge functions, leading to better scaling without nodejs event loop limitations.
  3. For more control and customization, consider options like deploying NextJS in a containerized, auto-scalable environment or creating a custom framework using vite-plugin-ssr.

Chat Limitations, Rise of LLM’s, Generative UIs

0 implied HN points • 14 Apr 23
🕹 Technology AI UI Design Software Development Chatbots
  1. Consider the nature of the task to determine the most effective interaction mode, as chat may not always be optimal.
  2. The improvement of Large Language Models (LLMs) could lead to a world where UIs are generated on demand based on user intent.
  3. Generative UIs could self-assemble based on user requests and adapt to tasks, offering a dynamic and efficient user experience.

Moving fast, with microfrontends!

0 implied HN points • 13 Dec 22
  1. Using module federation to split applications can speed up reviews, CI, and deploys.
  2. Developers at popular large applications are recognizing the value of microfrontends.
  3. Proof-of-concepts and buy-in from teams are crucial before implementing new solutions.

A tale "On Microfrontends, Components and Monorepos"

0 implied HN points • 25 Nov 22
  1. The post discusses working in monorepos with a single deployable unit.
  2. It compares components with microfrontends in software development.
  3. Trade-offs in software development are highlighted in the post.
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Micro-frontends Weekly - 18/11/2022

0 implied HN points • 18 Nov 22
  1. Adoption of micro-frontends is growing in the industry.
  2. Large corporations embracing micro-frontends can provide valuable feedback to the community.
  3. Implementing micro-frontends requires considering trade-offs for a cohesive user experience.

Extensible UI

0 implied HN points • 19 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Development Integration Architecture Challenges Adoption
  1. Extensibility allows products to scale by adding new features without changing the core codebase.
  2. Extensible UIs enable seamless integration of custom features within existing systems.
  3. Challenges in implementing extensible UIs include authentication, sandboxing, and maintaining consistency across extensions.

The Remote Rendering Pattern

0 implied HN points • 29 Sep 23
🕹 Technology UI Security Framework
  1. Remote rendering allows third-party code to define UI in a secure sandbox and render it in the host application.
  2. Benefits of remote rendering include ensuring consistent user experience, avoiding bundle explosion, and maintaining host performance.
  3. Secure implementation of remote rendering involves running third-party code in a sandboxed environment with restricted access to the host.

Coming soon

0 implied HN points • 11 Nov 22
  1. The post is teasing a newsletter about microfrontends architecture and scaling frontend development.
  2. The newsletter features Luis Vieira and is set to launch on Nov 11, 2022.
  3. Readers can subscribe and share the upcoming newsletter.

Decoupled deployments, splitting strategies and trade-offs

0 implied HN points • 27 Dec 22
  1. In microfrontends architecture, componentization in a monorepo allows isolating complexity and promotes reusability, but doesn't decouple deployments.
  2. Two main strategies for splitting frontend applications are vertical (full autonomy for teams) and horizontal (multiple independent applications composition) with different trade-offs and complexities.
  3. Challenges in microfrontends include isolating applications from each other through iframes, web components, or conventions, and managing shared code and dependencies trade-offs with strategies like module federation.

Superapps, composition and extensibility

0 implied HN points • 06 Dec 22
  1. Superapps are compositions of multiple independent applications integrated behind a single login that provide a seamless, integrated experience for users.
  2. Superapps can be extended and monetized by third-party extensions through developer tools like APIs, design guidelines, and SDKs.
  3. Microfrontends are suitable for superapps, as they can make multiple applications appear as one, unify them behind a single login, and enable embedding and isolating applications with proper communication.

Organization throughput, delivery contention and distributed systems

0 implied HN points • 06 Jan 23
  1. High-performing software teams are classified based on stability and throughput metrics.
  2. Achieving high performance in stability and throughput is possible with a loosely coupled architecture.
  3. Microfrontends can improve organization throughput for frontend applications but require careful consideration of trade-offs.