I was surprised how well treating the database as an API worked at one series A company. We had a single database schema shared by ~5 services. The coordination

I was surprised how well treating the database as an API worked at one series A company. We had a single database schema shared by ~5 services. The coordination cost wasn’t bad, and I don’t recall any major issues. It was a big net win for our velocity. I’d do it again, if I had the guts.