This document discusses different architectural patterns for microservices including monoliths, microservices, HTTP calls, RPC, messaging, and message brokers. It notes that while monoliths are easy to develop, they are difficult to scale and deliver continuously. Microservices introduce complexity but enable independent scaling. HTTP calls work for public APIs but have challenges like retries and timeouts when used for internal communication. RPC and messaging via message brokers provide better decoupling than HTTP while ensuring reliable delivery. Common message broker implementations and patterns like queues and the actor model are also covered.