What are microservices?

Splitting a large system into small services that can be developed and deployed independently, each responsible for one business function.

In detail

Traditional systems are often a single block: changing one small feature means testing and releasing everything. Microservices split functions such as orders, inventory and payments into separate services that run independently and work together through interfaces, so an upgrade or failure in one part has little effect on the others.

For example

In an e-commerce system, while the “inventory service” is being upgraded, the “product display service” and “payment service” keep running as normal.

How companies use it

Suited to large systems with many functions that need different teams developing in parallel. Internal systems at small and mid-sized companies usually don't need to be split up from the start.

Common misconceptions

Adopting microservices for their own sake. The more services there are, the higher the cost of deployment, monitoring and troubleshooting.

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