Sidecar Pattern
There are several architectural patterns we can follow when we need to distribute a shared piece of software. My favorite and default pattern is Service Pattern. However, there are other patterns for software distribution. If we think about startups for instance there is a popular tool called Lean business Canvas where you model the business model of your startup and there are many dimensions there but one particular dimension called "Distribution Channels" is highly related to the subject of this blog post. We, as engineers often just think about one dimension with is either a Service or Binary shared library. However, there are other dimensions we could explore. The other options are Tooling, Internal Services / Self-Service Platforms, Runtime Platforms, and Service Mesh. So for this blog post, I want to cover a little bit more the Sidecar Pattern.