Indeed. At that early stage of development, a monolith (or at least monolith-style practices, such as tight coupling between API providers and consumers) is def

Indeed. At that early stage of development, a monolith (or at least monolith-style practices, such as tight coupling between API providers and consumers) is definitely simpler and more efficient. But it wouldn't hurt to take steps from the beginning to make it easier to break the monolith apart when/if it becomes pragmatic to do so.