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When your system starts to "stuck": A thought on microservices

Picture this: your product line is expanding rapidly, new features are being added, and your code base is getting bigger by the day. One morning, you discover that modifying a simple user interface requires redeploying the entire behemoth application. The test took a whole afternoon, and everyone on the team was anxiously waiting. What's worse is that an unexpected failure of a small module can bring the entire system to a standstill - just like a precision machine that suddenly stops due to a tiny deviation in a gear.

Does this feeling sound familiar? The helplessness of being "held back" by a system built by one's own hands.

The traditional monolithic architecture is a reliable old friend in the early stages of business. But as complexity grew, it gradually became unwieldy and fragile. Every update is like a high-risk surgery, affecting the whole body. What you need may not be a more powerful "single machine", but a more flexible and resilient design idea.

Microservices: Not dismantling, but reorganizing

What exactly is microservice architecture? You can think of it like a well-trained symphony orchestra.

In the monolithic architecture, all instruments (functional modules) are bundled together and play and stop in unison. In the microservice architecture, each musical instrument group (service) - such as string group (user service), wind group (order service), percussion group (payment service) - is independent and autonomous. They practice individually, using the score (technology stack) that best suits them, and work together only through clear command signals (API interface). A short adjustment of one group will not affect the progress of the entire performance.

Choosing .NET Core to build such an "orchestra" is quite natural. It's like a lightweight, high-performance dedicated bandstand for each service. The cross-platform feature makes deployment more free, and the built-in rich tool set makes development, monitoring and communication clear and simple. More importantly, its ecological and community maturity can ensure that each of your "musicians" is stable and reliable.

From idea to reality: a smooth transition

Changing the architecture may sound like a huge undertaking, but the key lies in thinking, not brute force. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel overnight. Usually, you can start with core business modules that have clear boundaries, frequent changes, or high requirements for independence, and gradually peel them off into independent microservices. It's like reinforcing and functionally zoning an old building instead of blowing it up and rebuilding it.

In this process, some tangible benefits will slowly emerge:

• The team's pace is more brisk. Each small team can focus on one or two services, from development, testing to deployment, at its own pace, without having to wait for each other.
• The system becomes more resilient. The failure of a service is isolated within its boundaries and no longer easily triggers a global avalanche. Your system changes from "porcelain" to more like "rubber," able to absorb shock.
• Freer choice of technology. New services can use the latest technology stack, while old services can run safely as long as their interfaces remain unchanged. Upgrading is no longer a "mobilization of all hands".
• Expansion becomes more precise. Do you find order service stressful? Then only add resources to the order service cluster instead of blindly expanding the entire complex application.

why iskpowerperspective?

existkpower, we always look at technical solutions with a "machinist"-like pragmatism and an "architect-like" vision. We know very well that no matter how excellent the blueprint is, it requires matching technology and materials to realize it. For the combination of microservices and .NET Core, we focus not only on "how to implement it", but also "how to implement it in a way that is robust, elegant and easy to evolve".

We tend to start from real business flows to outline the boundaries of services, rather than simply cutting them by technical functions. We value the simplicity and robustness of communication, just like carefully designing the meshing between gears, which requires precise transmission while leaving a safe gap. We also attach great importance to the establishment of a monitoring and observation system - no matter how sophisticated a machine is, it still needs a dashboard to tell you its real-time status.

This is not a one-size-fits-all template, but a method that requires careful consideration and refinement based on specific scenarios. It's about trade-offs, about finding the sweet spot for your project between autonomy and unity, flexibility and cost.

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The evolution of architecture is ultimately to serve business growth and team efficiency. When your system starts to feel "strained," when the cost of change becomes higher and higher, it may be time to stop and think about another way of organizing.

Microservices and .NET Core are a proven, breathing path. It’s not about chasing trends, it’s about solving real pain points around speed, stability, and complexity. It's like designing an expandable skeleton for your growing product so that it can run more stable and farther in the future.

Think about the "coupling point" in your current system that causes your team the most headaches? Perhaps, that is the best place to start the journey.

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