Microservices for Startups
Practical advice for teams considering microservices now available in one complete book.
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What's Inside
Learn how to determine proper service boundaries, break apart your monolith, and more.
Chapter 1.0
Microservices for Startups: Avoiding Common Microservice Mistakes
There’s a lot of ambiguity and debate about what microservices are.
Chapter 2.0
Should you always start with a monolith?
Conventional wisdoms says so but are there exceptions?
Chapter 3.0
Microservices for Startups: Guidelines for Microservice Boundaries
Are your microservices too small? Too tightly coupled? This design guide can help.
Chapter 4.0
Microservices for Startups: Microservice testing strategies
An in-depth look at strategies for testing your services.
Chapter 5.0
Microservices for Startups: Breaking up your monolithic application
You've got a monolith and it's served you well but is it time to break it up?
Chapter 6.0
Breaking Up a Monolith: Kong Case Study
A look inside how Kong tackled breaking up their monolith.
Chapter 7.0
Designing a Successful Microservices Engineering Culture
How freedom, responsibility, and team organization factor into successful microservices.
Chapter 8.0
Should you build or buy microservices?
The microeconomics of microservices
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