> Service-oriented architecture applies to both monoliths and microservices, and very few programmers still working in the industry have really seen what an alt

> Service-oriented architecture applies to both monoliths and microservices, and very few programmers still working in the industry have really seen what an alternative to service-oriented architecture actually looks like. In what industry? I'd agree that anyone making anything web-facing is using some form of SOA, but there are other things, too. Desktop apps (and to some extent mobile apps that aren't just a thin interface over a web API) still exist. Unless you're arguing the maximalist approach, i.e., that anything with an API that tries to hide any form of implementation details is an example of SOA. In which case, that's not very interesting...