𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝘀
I believed microservices meant scalability. I split every feature into a new service. I hoped containers would handle growth.
It did not work. Complexity grew. Service discovery and tracing became a burden. Teams struggled to stay synced.
The main problem was not the number of services. The issues were:
- Poor architectural boundaries
- Duplicated business logic
- Inter-service latency
Too many services slow down feature delivery. They hurt reliability.
Use a modular monolith instead. Give it clear domain boundaries. Use automated contract testing.
This approach gives you scalability without the overhead.
- Code stays maintainable.
- Deployment risk drops.
- You scale horizontally only where necessary.
Focus on code structure. Stop counting services. Build web apps without operational problems.