Microservices Debate

Comments debate the true definition and boundaries of microservices architecture, often questioning if described systems are genuinely microservices or just SOA/services, with sarcasm about excessive decomposition into tiny services.

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anentropic Nov 27, 2014 View on HN

do they really use 'microservices'... or just services (SOA)? what are microservices anyway?

Pamar Sep 7, 2025 View on HN

What about "microservice", then?

anotherhue Jun 22, 2022 View on HN

It's microservices all the way down!

romanovcode Apr 12, 2019 View on HN

Congratulations, you've just described 90% of microservices.

tomrod May 30, 2024 View on HN

That's the idea of microservices.

antihero Mar 21, 2022 View on HN

Why would you advocate for microservices over services?

ReservedIgnac Mar 7, 2021 View on HN

Sounds like microservices taken to the atomic level.

dr_faustus Feb 20, 2020 View on HN

He's right, what you need is a microservice!

raffraffraff Jun 2, 2022 View on HN

Yep, that's microservices gone mad

jerf Nov 27, 2024 View on HN

That's not a microservice; that's a macroservice.