Coarse-Grained Services

A microservices architecture introduces a lot of moving parts, and the initial costs will be higher. It’s often better to start with a few coarse-grained, self-contained services, and then decompose them into more fine-grained services as the application matures. With a new project, starting with a monolith or more coarse-grained services can enable us to initially bring a product to market more quickly today. Architects, developers, and operations are often more familiar with the approach, and the tools we use today have been created to work well with this method. As we bring the new application to market, we can further develop the skills necessary to managing a microservices architecture. The application boundaries ...

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