In places where micro/services were *really* needed people/orgs were implementing those even decades back. I personally was doing it in the 90s. For myself the

In places where micro/services were *really* needed people/orgs were implementing those even decades back. I personally was doing it in the 90s. For myself the criteria for making something as a service was simple: it will really cost the organization not to have it as a service. Now as with many things that nothingburger got suddenly overhyped and ended up being shoved into every hole disregarding of any technical rationale.