Microservices Patterns and Antipatterns

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Reference for common microservices anti-patterns and pitfalls, and how microservices differ from classic service-oriented architecture (SOA). Use this whenever the user is designing service boundaries, reviewing a microservices architecture for problems, arguing about whether something should be its own service, or asking how microservices differ from SOA/ESB architectures.

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