12 Pathways to scalability

This chapter covers

  • Scaling microservices to bigger development teams
  • Scaling microservices to meet growing demand
  • Mitigating problems caused by changes
  • Understanding basic security concerns
  • Converting a monolith to microservices
  • Spectrum of possibilities and hybrid approach
  • Building with microservices on a budget

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