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How to break a Monolith into Microservices

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A guide to the common steps we've observed in breaking a monolithic application up into microservices

How to break a Monolith into Microservices How to break a Monolith into Microservices What to decouple and when As monolithic systems become too large to deal with, many enterprises are drawn to breaking them down into the microservices architectural style. It is a worthwhile journey, but not an easy one. We've learned that to do this well, we need to start with a simple service, but then draw out services that are based on vertical capabilities that are important to the business and subject to frequent change. These services should be large at first and preferably not dependent upon the remai

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