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Microservices Design: Autonomy and Coordination In microservice design, autonomy means teams own the service as a deployable unit. Each service has clear boundaries, its own data strategy when possible, and its own CI/CD pipeline. Autonomy speeds delivery, reduces cross-team blockers, and lets teams move at their own pace. Coordination, however, needs a reliable pattern. The two common approaches are orchestration and choreography. Orchestration relies on a central coordinator that directs the flow. Choreography lets services react to events and collaborate without a single conductor. Both work, but they change how you observe failures and reason about the flow. ...

Backend Architecture: Microservices Versus Monoliths Choosing how to structure a backend is a major decision. Microservices split a system into small, independent services; a monolith keeps everything in one codebase. Each approach has a different rhythm for teams, deployments, and growth. This guide explains the basics and helps you choose wisely. For teams that value clear boundaries and independent releases, microservices offer flexibility. Each service can be written in its own language, scaled on its own, and updated without touching the rest. But the extra moving parts raise complexity. You need good API contracts, reliable observability, and automation to keep services healthy. ...