I agree with your words but the realist in me has to point out that microservices don't force you to do anything, it's a pattern not a highly opinionated and re

I agree with your words but the realist in me has to point out that microservices don't force you to do anything, it's a pattern not a highly opinionated and restrictive framework. There are plenty of clusterfuck hybrids out there with services sharing database state etc. Anything can be an antipattern when you add people into the mix.