What Actually Makes a Good Microservice Boundary

Before you draw a single service boundary, you need a vocabulary for why some splits age well and others turn into a distributed monolith. Coupling and cohesion are that vocabulary.

July 28, 2026 · 7 min · Hanh Pham

Should You Even Use Microservices?

Microservices are a solution to organizational scaling problems, not a technology choice. Here’s how to tell whether you actually have the problem they solve, before you pay the cost.

July 25, 2026 · 8 min · Hanh Pham