Microservices: Align the Pain with the Solution

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More specifically, microservices are an architectural style in which applications are decomposed into loosely coupled services. With fine-grained services and lightweight protocols, microservices offer increased modularity, making applications easier to develop, test, deploy, and, most importantly, change and maintain.

This is where the overhead of microservices can be worth the extra investment at scale.

Engineering time affects every decision and should help determine whether investment in microservices is worth it.

One way to do this is to match the pain you’re feeling with a move to something like a microservice.

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