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# #microservices

3 posts

- [How to Decompose a Monolith Into Microservices Safely](https://imlucas.dev/blog/how-to-decompose-a-monolith-into-microservices-safely) (May 7, 2026 · 12 min read)
  How to find clean domain boundaries, apply the strangler fig pattern, split a shared database, and set up tests, observability, and rollback so every step of the migration stays reversible.
- [Practical Microservices Patterns for Engineering Teams](https://imlucas.dev/blog/practical-microservices-patterns-for-engineering-teams) (May 5, 2026 · 10 min read)
  Four production microservices patterns, the API gateway, service mesh, circuit breaker with bulkhead, and saga, with the failure mode each one addresses, the real trade-offs, and the tools that map to each.
- [Real Microservices Disadvantages Nobody Tells You About](https://imlucas.dev/blog/real-microservices-disadvantages-nobody-tells-you-about) (May 3, 2026 · 10 min read)
  Five microservices disadvantages backed by real numbers: operational cost explosion, distributed tracing pain, data consistency failure modes, organizational overhead, and the latency tax, each with a mitigation.