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Netflix migrated most of its batch workloads onto Kueue, an open-source cloud-native batch job execution system that has outgrown its homegrown solution over the years. The company mapped the capabilities previously created in-house to Kueue’s functionality and also benefited from new features that would have been costly to incorporate into its homegrown solution. Engineers used API parity with the existing system to derisk the project and allow for a gradual and seamless migration.

The IT industry is changing before our very eyes. With AI entering the software architecture and development landscape, whether we like it or not, we are set to be taken on a roller coaster, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the advent of microservices and cloud-native computing. If the last decade was spent mostly on mastering and optimizing the cloud and micro- or nano-scale service-oriented architecture, the next decade will likely be spent figuring out how to master AI for building a new generation of IT systems.

In this eMag, we try to establish agentic AI architecture as a new type of software architecture that will likely dominate the industry for years to come. The articles, written by industry experts, cover various elements and aspects of agentic AI architecture. We aim to present the latest trends and developments shaping the new type of architecture as it enters the mainstream.

Monzo, the UK digital bank, has redesigned its fraud prevention platform to keep pace with increasingly sophisticated scams and a growing volume of payments. The reactive system is built to detect fraudulent transactions in real time, enable rapid deployment of new controls, provide detailed performance monitoring, and maintain minimal latency on the payment hot path.

Agoda started utilizing ChatGPT to optimize SQL stored procedures (SP) as part of their CI/CD process. After introducing the automated LLM-assisted step, the company observed shortened stored procedure optimization times, which lightened the load on DB developers. Agora works on making ChatGPT more accessible for SP optimization outside of the CI/CD pipeline.

Instacart has redesigned its search infrastructure by replacing Elasticsearch with PostgreSQL, combining keyword and embedding-based retrieval in a single system. By consolidating catalog and search data into Postgres, the company aimed to simplify operations, reduce synchronization overhead, and improve precision and recall in search results.

Allegro shared the details of the process it uses to manage code migrations at scale. The company combined GitHub’s Dependabot and OpenRewrite projects into a custom solution that helps developers perform mundane code migration tasks automatically across numerous source code repositories. The company tackled many edge cases to ensure the process operates smoothly, relieving initial trust issues among developers.