Synchronous versus asynchronous

Before we get started with a brief introduction of microservices, there is an important point to consider here. Our microservices will be communicating with each other, and there is a possibility that they will rely on a response to move further. This poses a dilemma for us, having gone through all the pain of unlearning the beloved monolithic and then getting into the same situation where a point of failure can be a cascading collapse of the system.

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