In recent years, microservices architecture and the Jamstack have become increasingly popular among developers. These technologies offer a great deal of power and flexibility, enabling developers to create complex and sophisticated applications with ease.

However, as the number of services within an application grows, managing and unifying data can become increasingly challenging. This is because each service operates independently, often with its own data structures, making it difficult to ensure that all data is consistent and up-to-date.

To address this challenge, it is important to recouple the data while still maintaining a decoupled architecture. There are multiple patterns to accomplish this all falling under a new buzzword: Federation.

In this talk, we’ll explore the pros and cons of each style of federation and how to get started with a new set of super powers to drive your development forward.

**Takeaways from this talk include:**

- Why decoupled data eventually becomes unmanageable
- When to recouple your data
- How to combine data from multiple datasets and services
- Which combination method makes sense for your use case