In this episode, I’m joined by Boris Besemer from Vercel to unpack what it really takes to start a migration to micro-frontends without turning it into a never-ending transformation.

We focus on the very first steps teams should take: how to identify the right starting point and how to avoid the most common early mistakes that slow teams down or create unnecessary complexity.

A big part of the conversation explores how the Vercel platform can simplify platform engineering during a migration.

We discuss how tooling, deployment workflows, preview environments, and developer experience can reduce cognitive load while multiple teams progressively move toward a micro-frontend architecture.

I don't think you need to know more than the name of the guest to love this episode: Sam Newman, author of Building Microservices and other best sellers on distributed systems.

This is an episode you don't want to miss where I talk about micro-frontends with Sam drawing parallelisms between the 2 layers of a distributed system.

Enjoy this fantastic episode

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In this episode of Micro-Frontends in the Trenches, I talk with Jeremy Colin (ex-Zalando) about the journey that led to Tailor.js and later Mosaic, two pioneering frameworks that shaped how micro-frontends are built at scale.Jeremy shares the technical challenges, trade-offs, and lessons learned while building these platforms, and why platform engineering is essential for making micro-frontends practical in real-world organizations.We dive into:- The story behind Tailor.js and its role in Zalando’s architecture.- How Mosaic evolved and why it mattered.- The hidden complexities of adopting micro-frontends.- Why platform engineering is key to simplifying and sustaining the practice.I highly encourage all of you to listen to this episode that is part of the micro-frontend history!