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Bootstrapping Microservices • Ashley Davis & Damian Maclennan

GOTO - The Brightest Minds in Tech

CHAPTER

Navigating Microservices: Benefits and Challenges

This chapter explores the strategic advantages and potential pitfalls of implementing microservices, particularly in compliance-heavy environments. It emphasizes the necessity for a clear rationale behind adopting microservices, focusing on performance, security, and fault isolation while cautioning against over-abstraction. The discussion also covers the importance of observability, loose coupling, and careful planning to avoid pitfalls, such as creating a distributed monolith and mismanaging complexity.

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