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Monolith vs microservices
Understand when to split an application into services.
📖 Key ideas
- A monolith is one deployable application.
- Microservices split an app into small, independently deployable services.
- Each service owns a business capability (orders, payments, users).
- Benefits: independent scaling, deployment and team ownership.
- Costs: network complexity, distributed data, operations overhead.
💡 Real-life example: A monolith is a joint family in one house; microservices are flats in a society, each with its own kitchen.
MonolithSingle deployable application
MicroserviceSmall independently deployable service
Business capabilityArea of business a service owns
Independent deploymentReleasing one service alone