Well, the idea of microservices would be to build some degree of flexibility into the setup, so that you can handle problems you don't have now, but you might h

Well, the idea of microservices would be to build some degree of flexibility into the setup, so that you can handle problems you don't have now, but you might have later. I understand that the Monolith - if done right - is a viable option as well. As a consultant, our customers rarely know what they want, and they can't really describe their vision, no matter how many workshops we throw at them. Microservices give us the opportunity to say "We might not know this now, but with this architecture, we won't be locked into a certain pattern or meet certain technical limitations by a monolithic approach". It seems that what you are really paying for with microservices is flexibility and maneuverability "down the line". Solving only the problems you have "here and now" with the simplest solution will also lead to technical debt.