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8th May 2025

Microservices only pay off when you have real scaling bottlenecks, large teams, or independently evolving domains. Before that? You’re paying the price without getting the benefit: duplicated infra, fragile local setups, and slow iteration.

Oleg Pustovit, Microservices Are a Tax Your Startup Probably Can’t Afford

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