"Microservices" are just "services". I use the business object/entity as the service boundary. So I don't have an "ordering" vs "shipping" service. I have an Or

"Microservices" are just "services". I use the business object/entity as the service boundary. So I don't have an "ordering" vs "shipping" service. I have an Orders service and a Shipments service. Orders are related to Fulfillments are related to Shipments. They are "coupled" in that an Order will trigger Fulfillment, and Fulfillment will trigger Shipment (there's a Payments service in there somewhere too).