Microservices architecture has proven to be an invaluable approach in large-scale projects, offering significant benefits in reducing merge conflicts and enabling clear separation of concerns. We've found that this architectural pattern leads to a more scalable service landscape and facilitates better team organization, especially as projects grow and require distribution of responsibilities across multiple teams. The architecture's ability to support independent deployment and scaling of services makes it particularly attractive for organizations looking to improve their development agility and system resilience.
While conventional wisdom suggests starting with a monolith and later transitioning to microservices, we've observed that organizations with existing infrastructure capabilities (monitoring, tracing, deployment pipelines) can successfully adopt microservices even with smaller teams. The improved maintainability often justifies the increased infrastructure costs, particularly in growing projects. We've found particular value in implementing Self-Contained Systems (SCS), which provide