# On Monoliths and Microservices

DevFeed: [On Monoliths and Microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-monoliths-and-microservices-21270.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://juri.dev/blog/2015/10/link-otto-monoliths-microservices/>)

Published: 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Juri Strumpflohner](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/juri-strumpflohner.md>)

Topics: [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>), [Microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservices.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [REST API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rest-api.md>), [Replication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/replication.md>), [data-governance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-governance.md>), [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [data-governance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-governance.md>), [data-replication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-replication.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [replication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/replication.md>), [rest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest.md>), [rest-api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest-api.md>)

## AI overview

An overview of monolithic and microservices architecture that recommends vertically decomposed, self-contained services with independent teams and no shared state or database. It describes REST-based communication, data governance, replication through Atom feeds, and the trade-off between temporary inconsistency and service availability.

## Source excerpt

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