I think that's the wrong question to ask. There are many instances where it may make sense to have a large microservice just as there are instances where it mak

I think that's the wrong question to ask. There are many instances where it may make sense to have a large microservice just as there are instances where it makes sense to have a 500 line function. This is a territory where there is no right or wrong. The problem with pegging metrics like this is you run risk of coming up against Goodhart's law, where the metric becomes an end in itself. Rather, it is more interesting to think about what problems you are facing in a given situation and patterns of addressing them. Bloat is definitely a signal that may point to something, but if you are not facing a tangible problem to start with, it most certainly does not matter.