Decoupling Microservices: Things We Have Learned Along the Way at Xendit

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This article does not give any explanation, neither from a business point of view nor from a technical point of view, why a new microservice was needed.

Please, let's have a brief moment of silence for the poor souls who build this system, and especially for those who will have to maintain it in the future.

Hi @NotSwift, thanks for the comment. Have you read the article? I believe it's mentioned there the technical reasons why we need to decouple the service into a separate one. I'm aware that I haven't mentioned the business needs explicitly, that's entirely on me.

And as for the maintenance, it's me who'll maintain the existing as well as the new service and I find it (so far) to be very easy to maintain as well as to develop. We've seen that we achieved the accomplishments we set at the start of this project. So, let me know if you still have something to discuss further and let's have a fruitful and constructive discussion, shall we?

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