Waqas Ahmad — Software Architect & Technical Consultant

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👋 Hi, I'm Waqas — a Software Architect and Technical Consultant specializing in .NET, Azure, microservices, and API-first system design..
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Consumer

Definition

Client of API; multiple consumers may upgrade at different times; versioning supports.

As defined in the knowledge graph

Subscribes to events and reacts; can be added without changing producers. — From: Event-Driven Architecture on Azure
Project or service that uses shared code; in polyrepo must bump package version. — From: Monorepo vs Polyrepo: Trade-offs for .NET and Microservices

Related concepts

API Versioning Azure Service Bus Backpressure Contract Event

Articles mentioning this concept

Event-Driven Architecture on Azure Monorepo vs Polyrepo: Trade-offs for .NET and Microservices REST API Versioning and Idempotency: In-Depth with .NET Examples