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When NOT to use microservices
When should a team stay modular monolith instead of microservices?
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Audio N/AQuick interview answer
Early products with unclear boundaries, small teams, low scale, and immature ops should prefer a modular monolith. Microservices add network failure, versioning, distributed tracing, and org overhead. Split when independent deployability and team scaling clearly outweigh complexity.
Detailed answer
Early products with unclear boundaries, small teams, low scale, and immature ops should prefer a modular monolith. Microservices add network failure, versioning, distributed tracing, and org overhead. Split when independent deployability and team scaling clearly outweigh complexity.
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