This is a great list. When micro services work, it's because they made it easy to verify each of these [obvious] bullet points. For some jobs, file this under

This is a great list. When micro services work, it's because they made it easy to verify each of these [obvious] bullet points. For some jobs, file this under premature contemplation. When other methods work... My top two are "clarity of focus" and "[relative] lots of unnecessary labour". "Lifecycle" takes a coalition third.