I think that if the question you ask is: Should I use microservices or not? Then you have already failed. The question you should be asking is: Where should the

I think that if the question you ask is: Should I use microservices or not? Then you have already failed. The question you should be asking is: Where should the application be split? Nowhere, or into two unequally sized chunks, are both valid answers. If you can't split a component without resorting to weird coupling shenanigans, then don't split it.