I help teams evaluate whether microservices are the right architectural choice for their
specific needs. While microservices can provide benefits like team autonomy and independent deployment, they
introduce significant operational complexity including distributed system challenges, network
latency, data consistency issues, and increased monitoring requirements. I often recommend starting with a
modular monolith as a middle ground - this approach provides clear service boundaries and
separation of concerns while avoiding the operational overhead of distributed systems. Teams
can then extract services selectively when there's a clear business case. When microservices are genuinely
needed, I work with domain-driven design principles and event-driven
communication patterns to create systems with clear boundaries and proper inter-service
communication. The focus is on building observable systems that teams can actually operate
effectively, rather than adopting microservices for their own sake.