Microservices solve real problems, but they're not free. Here's how we decide when to reach for them.
At Ayat Technologies, we work with teams navigating exactly this kind of decision every week. The right answer rarely comes from following whatever's trending — it comes from understanding your constraints: team size, timeline, existing systems, and what “done” actually needs to look like for your users.
Start with constraints, not preferences
It's tempting to pick tools based on what's exciting to build with. But the projects that stay maintainable years later are the ones where the stack was chosen to fit the team and the problem, not the other way around.
Where this shows up in practice
We've seen this play out across dozens of engagements — the details differ, but the underlying principle holds: make decisions you can defend to your future team, not just to yourself today.