Microservices solve large-team collaboration and system evolution problems, not performance problems.
Microservices solve large-team collaboration and system evolution problems, not performance problems. This article draws on our hands-on experience serving more than 3,000 enterprise clients.
A monolith can support a team of dozens without issue; only beyond that scale does the value of microservices begin to show.
The principle for service decomposition is to split by business domain, not by technical layer.
The most common pitfall is microservices for the sake of microservices: a three-person team splitting into twenty services doubles operational costs.
There is no absolute right or wrong in technology selection; what matches your business stage is best.