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title: Combining Automation & Microservices in Globally Distributed Software Engineering (GDSE)

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# Combining Automation & Microservices in Globally Distributed Software Engineering (GDSE)
> [name=This article is part of a series on microservices and automation. Click [here](https://hackmd.io/@gdse-4/deliverable/) to go to the series overview.]

This article is still under development. This article aims explore ways in which automation and microservices can be combined and synergised to facilitate a productive workflow in the context of GDSE.

Likely subjects to be discussed here:
- API definitions, where do you keep them? In-repo, or separate repository? Touch upon source code generation again for generating client libraries.
- Operations with Kubernetes, automatic monitoring of logs and performance (e.g. with Prometheus), Cloud Native projects
- Auto-scaling?
- Infrastructure as code? Data is also code, treat it as such too.
