When an organization is large and siloed, there is value in decoupling different parts of the application, assuming the ownership and expertise are properly distributed.
As the comment below mentions, microservices is a fashion–one that took off among overly-staffed eng teams. Having separate parts of the app to deploy can be a liability for a small team frequently deploying breaking changes.
As the comment below mentions, microservices is a fashion–one that took off among overly-staffed eng teams. Having separate parts of the app to deploy can be a liability for a small team frequently deploying breaking changes.